The Heart.

The heart. What a useless thing.

It bends and bleeds and breaks

It skips a beat at the sound of your ring,

And when it sees an empty door, it aches.

It swells and rises,

It cries when your eyes are dry.

It stays strong during an emotional crisis,

Its capacity to love is endless, like the sky.

I never knew I had one, until it broke.

Suddenly the world faded

And it felt like a stroke.

Every day anticipating that which I most dreaded.

So here I sit, alone and defeated

A broken heart rotting in my chest.

Tears that fall from my eyes leave me depleted,

I pledge to hate you, forever with zest.

Your silence rings so fierce in my ears

It makes me want to scream.

My body is overflowing; I can’t stop these damned tears,

I keep hoping to wake from this nightmarish dream.

Every day brings new sorrow

And I feel like a fucking cliché,

I know what you’ll say, think positive tomorrow!

I just want to tell you to go away.

It’s a maze of confusion

And days filled with shit.

In my shoebox heaven I can revel in delusions,

Try on a hammer that fits...