How To Break A Heart

How to break a heart.

How to break a heart
Tell her you love her.
Go ahead.
Do it.
Tell her ten times a day.
A hundred times.
Until she believes it.
You’ll know because she’ll cry at the idea
of losing you.
And she'll tell you how important
you are to her.
And when she asks why you didn’t call
tell her you were working,
because you have something special planned
for her birthday.
And she'll ask you to tell her what it is
but you can just tell her
it's a surprise.
And you love her.
Buy her jewelry from JC Penny’s.
Then tell her it’s from Adair’s.
And it cost
three hundred dollars.
And those diamonds are real.
And you love her.
And you've never loved
anyone more.
Tell her you love her.
Then ask her to give you everything.
Ask her and beg her
and tell her she means the world to you
and you want her to show
that she loves you too.
And she'll give you
everything.
Then tell her it wasn’t enough.
And you never really loved her.
Then walk away.
And ignore the tears
streaming down her cheeks.
That will break her heart.
~Jem Michaelson