I've Tried To Find The Words But Nothing Comes Out

I have described missing you as a

Heavy blanket in the middle of the night,

Comfortable but overwhelming when the heat continues to seep in until I am suffocating from the weight of it all.

Missing you is wearing a straight jacket in the middle of the street,

The hurt I wear clear to everyone who passes by

And only you hold the key.

I have said that missing you is a lion sinking its teeth into my chest

And the harder I hit its head and the louder I plead for reprieve

The harder it bites

Until all I feel is the blood crawling from all the parts of my body you used to kiss.

I have tried to cram the feeling of missing you into different metaphors and anecdotes

But there are no words that can really capture

The grief that moves through me

And all I can think about is how we are still under the same sun

But it feels like we are worlds apart.