Jake Houston - Pieces of a Broken Heart

About the book: This book will illustrate the different ups and downs your mind goes through after a breakup. From the depressed state your mind hits about how hurt you feel and wanting to give up on love and the feelings of being unlovable that come with it; about trying to cling to the happy moments that started it all; looking for ways things might have been different. What you could have done; then back again to having no hope on moving forward. You will see the different stages as you read on. Back and forth, similar to how you would feel if you were going through it day by day. Most of the emotions that come from this are from personal experiences of past relationships I have been in.

Not all of them ended poorly. In fact, Im friends with a lot of my exes (not that I have a ton, but you get what I mean). Not all of them but some. Just because things dont go as planned doesnt mean that they are a bad person (although, some totally are) life is too short to hold a grudge and hang onto that negativity. In the end its only going to bring you down in the process. In the LGBTQ community, negativity can be all too common.

Sadly, its become easy to just download an app and move on to the next guy without really having to process anything or deal with the emotional side of a breakup. After a while, it starts a Cannibalism effect where everyone tears one another down. This can often lead to someone in the relationship feeling as if they were lesser and not really receiving the love they were giving out. The truth is that everyone deals with pain differently. We might not agree with how others process it or how they went about moving on. Thats just the way things go sometimes.

Dont focus on how they are dealing and focus on you. After all, at the end of the day, you are the only one dealing with your emotions. Take care of yourself. Know you are loved! Happy reading -JH Memories of Yesterday Yesterday you were mine We had fun We had love We had all the time in the world But today is a new day Undoubtedly, you are someone new Who you were is no longer who you are A stranger in my bed I stay not because I love who you are But for who you were As time goes on I hope and I pray For another day with my memories of yesterday -JH The Space Between Its been years now Some time has passed Every time I see you I try my best To act unbroken For nothing lasts All I ever wanted was to have you by my side Forever my ending, not my past -JH Home Alone Home alone, waiting for you He waits in silence Staring in the face of absence With a broken heart Youre all he has to hold onto With you gone hes breaking dawn With new light all around No one else to hear the sounds of a broken heart Left lying on the ground -JH Sometimes before you can love another, you have to learn to love yourself. Become okay with the person you are. Nothings wrong with taking the time to show yourself the respect you deserve.

It will help you teach others the correct way to love you. -JH Ex-Friends We started out as friends Then something more begins If I knew at the beginning the way things would end I wouldnt change a thing For you gave me a friend Not for long Or even a while But as time goes on You still make me smile -JH Time If we turned back the clock, would you still choose me like I would you -JH Fighting I find myself fighting the urge to call and ask about his day I stay awake at night wondering if he is sleeping alone I still reach out for his hand while driving Fighting the change that was always bound to happen is the hardest part of all -JH Warrior Fighting for the ability to move on Like a warrior I search for the strength deep within to keep going
If I were to slow down now, it might just kill me I look forward to the days ahead after this inner battle is done When Im no longer able to focus on thoughts of us Only then is the war truly over -JH Tin Man Life without a heart seems desolate But I promise you, Mr. Tin Man Living heartless isnt so wrong No pain No hurt No one to leave your heart left full of sorrow Be thankful, Mr. Tin Man Your armor keeps you from falling apart For love is pain from the very start -JH Release Me From days apart To nights alone My mind finds you in the darkness I know youre the poison in my apple Slowly killing whats left of me I crave the hurt you gave When youre not near its so bittersweet Please release my heart from your grasp -JH Broken I never understood the word until I met you -JH The Crash Our love was passionate from the start It was always meant to teach a lesson I thought I was ready Determined to stay strong But the train wreck was destined to happen But I wouldnt let us crash I held on as long as you let me -JH New Love Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, sometimes love will have to die in order to be reborn. -JH The Start of Love Im shackled by the pains of my past Yet you open those chains so easily I tell you Im not able to hold your heart While Im still gathering the pieces of mine Im worried I cant love you until I can love myself You so effortlessly love me, imperfections and all Can you love them the way I want to love you? -JH Picture Perfect A photo is worth 1000 words So we always put our best image outward Every photo on Instagram with The perfect filter The perfect smile The perfect caption If only emotions had a filter Maybe then I could feel as perfect on the inside as I show on the outside But no amount of filters can fix a broken heart -JH Traveling Love With nowhere to go Feeling constantly on the run I invited you into my heart My soul To be my only one Now that some time has passed These shattered emotions still linger It seems I cant push you away I always thought you would be my last -JH In A World of Sounds In a world where every sound can flow freely The shattered heart you left behind trumpets louder than any angel could Hard to speak Hard to hear Harder to feel A world silenced like a black and white film I stand here waiting for my world to be brought back into color With hope that one day this broken heart will once again be whole So I stay Waiting in a world you left deaf by your actions -JH Dont Call Me Yours Dont call me yours When you were never mine Talking to other guys and wasting my time While I was building us a home You thought it better to leave me all alone Now here I am with a crumbling heart Because you wanted nothing more than to tear it apart Less than a few years together Now wasted down the drain You did nothing other than to place the blame With distance and time to mend my heart I still hate you for taking mine from the very start <3 -JH Rent Free You have been living in my mind so long I should start charging rent Its unfair how easily you moved in and refuse to
vacate With every passing day harder and harder to remove you from the premises Only viewing you as the new tenant of what was once mine -JH Legs Dont Fail Me Now Running as fast as I can Going round and round Running to and from the hurt No end point in sight When will it stop Just wanting the dawn of a new day to break the chains that have been so heavily weighing me down Please legs Dont fail me now So I start Running further than I ever have before For a new place cant hurt me anymore Legs dont fail me now -JH A Reason I knew you had pain in your heart But I loved you from the start Every part You are everything I didnt know I needed Everything happens for a reason Let me be your reason to love again -JH Past Days Im giving up Ive gotta get away No use in thinking of past days You never cared about them anyway Why should I care now -JH Lightning You are the bolt of lightning that happened to strike twice -JH Angel of Death Once I thought I knew you I thought we had it all If our beginning told a story It would start with the fall The fall I had when we first met You would never let my heart forget You had it all from the start The angel of death took my heart -JH Eyes I always knew I loved you You seemed to have it all Your green eyes spoke to me without hesitation I knew that you would be the reason I considered love at all -JH Relationship Today is the day When two become one He said be mine My heart stops at the thought From here on out We tackle the world together Starting a new life with you by my side -JH The Beginning From across the room our eyes meet Like a vampire pulling in his prey Im compelled to walk over Hands sweating Heart racing Mouth getting dry Unsure of what to say You started the conversation One thing led to another The dawn of a new day -JH Picture Our picture is still in the frame On the wall in our empty house The last thing to move from the memory of us Holding on to what could have been Its a shame you gave it all up for not loving yourself within -JH Fiction In the story of love he was the antagonist disguised as a protagonist -JH No one can take away your power unless you give it to them. Remember who you are and what you have to offer.