Frangible Heart
Frangible heart.
Intangible feelings pressing on my very soul.
I dared to try.
Hope cracked my armour.
I let it in.
Friable heart.
Un"try"able things; I allowed myself to dream.
Hope glimmered and grew.
Then flashed and waned.
Untended hearth grew cold.
Chilled heart.
Stilled, wounded, seared with stony pain.
Alone, encased.
My frozen armor, unyeilding,
My one true friend.
Entombed heart.
Womb of hope reborn, a fainting pulse.
Redeeming love.
Full, throbbing force.
HIS purpose ever mine.
Intangible feelings pressing on my very soul.
I dared to try.
Hope cracked my armour.
I let it in.
Friable heart.
Un"try"able things; I allowed myself to dream.
Hope glimmered and grew.
Then flashed and waned.
Untended hearth grew cold.
Chilled heart.
Stilled, wounded, seared with stony pain.
Alone, encased.
My frozen armor, unyeilding,
My one true friend.
Entombed heart.
Womb of hope reborn, a fainting pulse.
Redeeming love.
Full, throbbing force.
HIS purpose ever mine.
1 Comments:
At 2/12/2006 8:04 PM, Rebecca's Corner said…
Beautiful Poetry. Striking. What a gift to be able to express yourself like that. Enjoyed it!
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