Two parts don’t always make a whole

Two hearts oft fail to make a home

I pause to pick up the porcelain pieces

Of lapis-lined plates from our nieces

On the day we traded beer for wine

When you vowed to be forever mine

All dressed up in my shiniest suit

Tailored to fit but I’ll never suit you

You beautiful bruise, so tempting a ruse

The one I can’t bear to live or lose

I know now of my place in this hearth

Is nothing more than decorative earth

If radiance in numbers is what you need

I’ll shatter myself until you’re appeased

But if your flame for me has flickered out

Don’t you dare look back; just let me out