DEAR FRAGILE HEART

 

dear fragile heart 

I hope you still beat 

if tomorrow you decide to give up

give up, you’ve tried 

bruised and battered had your name become 

stabbed and shattered, you have made 

multiple lacerations just to keep you abreast 

still yet, blood still streams from unknown port 

I thought I heard a sound from you today 

but tell me 

why trying to be strong for me who sees no essence 

it’s not necessary, all i await is your last pound 

I await the terror that follows 

palpitations and muscle tightening 

congeal of the heart and blood 

head pounding while my mind runs amock 

I await my mighty fall thunderously to the ground 

seizures and gasping for breathe 

stiffness of my body while it fights for life 

stretching of my limbs as life exits 

dear fragile heart 

I hope you still beat 

if tomorrow you decide to give up

give up, you’ve tried 

@talk2leigh

5:39am

11 Feb 2023