By Gala
Date: 12 April 2001
What The Heart Does Bid
As This Heart Does Bid...
Hard to remember that this heart
carries every mark, shows each smear,
is no pristine work of origami perfection
that sits just so,
and has reason for the quirks and hesitations.
Hard to remember that love carries a steamer trunk,
loaded with momentos, sentiment, out grown dreams, and quiet rage spun of dashed hope tucked with lavendar for memory.
I want to hold you with both arms, something most easily done when the hands are free,
instead of covering the heart
like a child covers a scrape
so no one can make it hurt worse,
but longing for comfort and sweet grace
to take away the wasp sting
of flesh laid raw by indifference.
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