A painful breakup... have I lived through one or five of them?

Oh yes. I can most certainly empathize.

She sneers at the pain she's caused him...

Your wordplay is lovely. I most enjoyed the snake metaphor, connected to his never fading memory of her. My own experience in life with things like this may be too close to truly step away and enjoy this for what it is.

Well written, and bittersweet.

This is amazing. Great word choice, and I love all the analogies. I probably spelled that wrong because I'm on a computer without speell check, but it's still wonderful! "Her smirk slaps his cheek/shadowed with a week of stubble" ooh loved that. Gorgeous poem.

I really like this. . .Keep it up!
Faith

Ouch. The poor man. He could just be a character but, oh, the pain in there is real in your writing. She sounds like a she-devil who pretended to be sweet and loving then broke him just to see him bleed. And now he loves her so much now that he'll bleed and bleed and bleed for her. Hating her and loving her. Never getting over her. Beautiful.

Wow. Beautiful. Deeply, heart-clenchingly beautiful.