and it is lost

Posted by kim.rooney on January 22, 2008 - 19:25
from the ABC set Poetry - The Recollected

Listen and you hear
a heart splintering
as its breaks, disintegrates
torn from anchorage
the safety of your ribs

and it is lost
as I am
wandering
wondering
this whole night through
how to go on
without a heart

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Comments

strong!

ditto, strong. Crisp, crunchy, perfect wording.

the terrors of love. i loved this.