Incalculable

They ask: How long is heartbreak?
Like it can be measured in
inches, or kilometres or lightyears.
They ask: How long is heartbreak?
Like it can be measured
by sunrises and sunsets,
by moon cycles,
by earth orbits.
They ask: How long is heartbreak?
Like it can be measured
by the weight of tears,
the decibels of a wail,
the density of a black hole.
When, in fact, it is measured
by the span of angel wings,
by the colour of peacefulness,
by the time it takes the ocean
to hear your sigh of surrender.