Knife edge

"I never loved you"

those words cut my heart
to shreds

tears stung my face
where your fingers
let their mark
branded
like an animal

your words
leave the deepest imprint
mocking
laying me bare
laughing at my nakedness

but today
I have triumphed
as I look down
watching life
ebbing away
like the tide
drifting away
while the thoughtless
stabs of your tongue
turn to metal
in your heart