opticnerve

All the poets had it wrong. Romantic disappointment does not feel like your heart is breaking. It feels more like a gut-shot from a boxing heavyweight. The breath is just taken out of you when it happens and it is hard to catch air. It makes you want to drop to your knees and never stand up straight again.

You know you're in trouble when you think a song titled 'Not Pretty Enough' was written about you.