My mother told me the biggest lesson you can learn from a boy

is heartbreak.

But I didn't believe her.

One particular boy had a luring smile that I couldn't escape.

I asked myself as I started to date, what can go wrong?

And there it was, being too vulnerable with someone.

Enough to make me break,

and broken I was left.

I fell easily in love with him,

but he did not catch me.

Instead, he left for another girl.

Leaving me on the cold, cold floor.

I felt worthless.

Was I not enough?

He turned my once warm heart, cold

and left a bitter taste.

I should’ve listened to my mother

but I wanted to know what love felt like.

I learned the real lesson to never let

love back in again.