lacuna (or alternatively, bits and pieces)

noun an unfilled space; a gap

they say that each of us

are the pieces 

of people we've met

some pieces are good

some are bad

but it doesn't matter

because we are collections of both

bits of stolen stardust

i like to call them

i often wonder

which pieces i took from you

would you recognise them

if you saw them in me?

the jaded 

the broken

the brilliant

would it comfort you

or would it make

your toes curl 

i guess it depends

entirely 

on which pieces of you

i took

in the end

i don't suppose it matters

which pieces of you i took

or how many pieces of you i took

because they will never be able
to fill the cavities 

left in my heart 

from the pieces of me

you took.

they were the best pieces.