I was once pregnant with
desire
Filled with the promise you’d
come
Anticipation bound my soul
My heart to excitement
succumbed
But this promise you
broke—
And instead you ran
My devastated belly of
love squandered
Emptied me whole -- flooded
My heart, my soul, my
insides
Black – torn apart
With despair
No longer pregnant
With your promise
Neglected there
My loneliness
I could no longer
Bear.