how do you?

how do you stop loving
someone who meant the
world to you,around whom
all your world revolved.

how do you stare into
the same eyes of someone
who once said they loved you
and not see the love that
once their eyes held.

how do you suddenly
just shake hands with them,
when they once said
nothing comforts them
better than the warmth
of your hug.

how do you convenience your
stupid heart that still wishes
to kiss those same lips
that served you many
lies one kiss at a time.

how to do you look at
them and say to yourself
that you have loved them
enough and now it’s time
for someone else to love,
it’s like someone seeking
your permission to destroy
you’re soul.