Better, but never gone

they say it gets better
but nobody talks about
the days,
the months,
the years
it takes
to get over the memories
that scar and stay


how the nights seem longer
than the years that stretch
and how the heart feels cold
even when winter's not near
and when it finally feels like its ending
their voice echoes
and suddenly
every song sounds like a poem they wrote


they say, it gets better
but nobody talks about
how memories linger
and the words that hurt, stay forever