This one is very personal. It represents how I've been feeling since the beginning of this year. I don't foresee it getting any better in the near future. I am currently experiencing a broken heart.
I wanted to depict my sorrows in such a way that others could possibly empathize with. If it wasn't obvious, I wanted the blood splatter on the ground to form the shape of a heart. I'm not just suffering from a flesh wound, it's a broken heart and I'm bleeding out love for my significant other, struggling to survive. There was a time when I was desperate and wondered if I would ever be whole again without her. To be honest, I'm still figuring it out. I will always have a void in my heart, that will never go away. But I can try to find ways to cope with the pain and continue moving forward, accepting my new reality.
I purposefully drew a wedding ring on my hand to represent that the relationship ending wasn't that of boyfriend/girlfriend, but of husband/wife. I don't want to break my vows, but there is nothing I can do. I live in a no-fault state where she can obtain a divorce without my consent. All I am doing now is waiting for the inevitable. This period of in between feels like limbo, a purgatory where I can't pick up all the pieces yet because so many of them are still up in the air, metaphorically speaking.
