What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart?

Crush them up and let the wind carry them away, never to be seen again?

Keep them in a little locked box, up in the top of the closet - out of sight out of mind?

Put them in a padded envelope and mail them to the one who broke it to pieces?

Leave them there, on the floor, to rot where they landed the day everything was broken and you couldn't fix it...

Does it even really matter...

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SomeMichGuy · M

You of course carry them inside...

At first, we might only be able to shut off the hurting bits, pulsing with pain. For some, this can be part of a numbing which makes it hard to love fully again. Don't be *that* person.

We cry because it was real...and we mourn the loss of relationship...that's natural...but don't wallow in it, because that is its own paralysis...

Whether or not we spend time on it, we often find that the bits are healing, a little at a time...

...some day, we might realize that the dark clouds are gone...that our sorrow is vastly decreased...that we find ourselves fancying others...

It's ok to hurt...it's ok to heal...it's ok to allow this process to take whatever time it will...

It's your precious heart, tied to your soul...the hurt is real. Respect it...but let it go so it can't poison you. We need others...it's ok...you'll be ok. Trust that.

LadyBronte · 56-60, F

@SomeMichGuy Thanks. I have to find that trust to believe I will be ok. That seems to be lost as of yet. Good answer.

SomeMichGuy · M

@LadyBronte Thank you...but do "keep on keeping on" and the pain should ease...

LadyBronte · 56-60, F

@SomeMichGuy Thank you.