I loved you like a desperate prayer
whispered in a burning church
no gods came,
just ashes in my hands.
I gave you my breath,
my blood,
my silence
you took it all
and turned away.
You were never mine
only a ghost I worshipped
until I cracked.
I loved you like divine
but you broke me
like I was nothing but clay,
and forgot I had a soul.
Ariana Afrin Emu is a 21-year-old poet currently working on her debut collection, Doesn’t Make Any Sense. Her work has been featured in multiple online journals, including Poetry Potion, Cold Moon Journal, Screaming Cicadas, Mawbiz, Small World City and others. Ariana’s writing explores love, loss, identity, and longing through emotionally raw, lyrical storytelling that blurs the line between memory and imagination