Tuesday, February 19, 2008

ode to a broken heart

i see a heart there, fallen, broken, bleeding

to whom do you belong, dear lonely heart?

tell me, who did this foul thing, impeding

love and happiness, tore you apart?

speak now the name, and i with all my might

shall seek to bring for you some recompense.

open your silent mouth and scream the spite

of he who stoops to such a low offense.

but one moment; if the name you hate

bears likeness to mine own, then hold your tongue.

for surely my pure heart is clean as slate

no such blemish in me could be hung.

if you should ask me, “sir, why should i think

that you might be the one that i despise?”

i have no answer, and i will only shrink

away from you, who saw right through my lies.

if you will speak but lies into my ears

then i shall help you, and also myself.

i will be able to hide from my fears

and keep them well away on my heart’s shelf

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