Once, I knew of a heart that could no longer be contained
and thus climbed out of its skin to sit on the shouldered peak of love
Fragile, the heart had always been, so it took great care not to fall and break
Delighted with this new spot, it basked in the warmth of a blinding light
which burned a bit, but usually was tolerable
As time went on, cracks began to develop where it had been burned repeatedly
causing the heart’s surface to harden
Though this was an undesirable state, the heart withstood the pain
in order to stay on top of love
Sometimes the heart questioned whether it was worth the pain of all these scars
but resolved with itself that it most assuredly was
While pondering these thoughts, the light of love suddenly went away
In the darkness the heart tripped, stumbled, and began a fall that seemed endless
When finally it hit bottom, the heart was broken and could not move
It remained stuck in that place and alone, for a very long time
Finally, after a long healing process, the heart slowly picked up its broken pieces
glueing them together one by one, until it felt whole again
With this reinforcement, and renewed strength, it began
the long, trepidatious climb to the top of love once again
But this time, the ever-cautious heart wore a harness
and insisted that love throw out a safety net
for Thursday Poets Rally
this is one of the very best poems i have ever read.
Wow! That is too kind of you…you are so sweet. Thank you for coming here to read.Heartspell
I also wish that everyone would truly appreciate the gifts from a persons heart. Love your words. Thank you. 🙂
You are welcome and many thanks for your sweetness. Heartspell
I cannot put up words together to define how much I love this poem of yours ! very well written and I really enjoyed it 🙂
Thank you very much… I am glad you enjoyed and thank you for reading my blog. Heartspell
u win perfect poet award on week 25,
Happy Friday!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jingle…you are so kind to honor me in this way! I appreciate this award very much and especially your dedication to this endeavor. Heartspell
In one hand Exquisite joy, the other exquisite pain, love is the only thing that can truly do that to us, and we go back for more, time and again . And as you so wisely stated and ended your poem with the learning life’s love lesson with an “ever-cautious heart wore a harness and a safety net” Do you really think that is possible? If so, please lend me yours , my parachute keeps forgetting to open on the way down.
Joanny
from thursdays rally
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two posts today one is for jingles rally
http://thedowsersdaughter.blogspot.com/2010/07/dance-of-fire-el-amor-brujo.html
I’m not sure if it’s possible, but it sounds more hopeful this way… at least the damage may be less with the harness and the net. Thanks for reading. Heartspell
Our fragile hearts . . . making the old new with a different spin . . . nice work on this . . . tight . . . thoughtful . . . lyrical . . . lovely. Thank you!
You are welcome and thanks to you for coming to my blog to read. Heartspell
Enjoyed your poem
tq Heartspell
I enjoy your personification of the heart and love. very nicely written.
Thank you for the nice comments and for reading here. Heartspell
i could truly connect with this poem.. although kinda sad, but i’m sure we could always have hope… thanks for sharing this wonderful poem, heartspell, hug to you 🙂
Hugs to you, too. Hope is key always…thanks for coming to my blog. Heartspell
This is an intimate look at our fragile hearts and encaptulates of what happens when we get hurt. I can so identify with this. So very beautifully written!! Love always ~ Amanda x
Why thank you so much for the kind words, but am sorry that you identify with the hurting part… I guess we all do at one time or another if we truly give of ourselves and put our hearts out in the open… Sending love from my heart, your way, to make up for some that you have lost….Heartspellxxxx
you landed that one about perfect with those closing lines…tight write…challenging yet uplifting…but that is what i have come to expect.smiles.
You are so sweet and kind to say that:):):) I Appreciate that you appreciate my thoughts on a page… Thank you… I appreciate yours as well. Heartspell
This is wonderful! So very real! Excellent work! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for coming here to read and for the lovely comments. Heartspell
Thanks for this poem/parable. Love does require vulnerability. I do agree that without embracing it, we are at risk of drying up. And I am glad for chances to begin again. – Bill
No truer words spoken about love. We should embrace those chances; difficult though they may be…Thank you. Heartspell
love the literal level to which you took heartbreak here, like an old tale passed down. very nice. thanks for sharing.
You are welcome and thank you for the lovely comment and for reading… Heartspell
Wow! Great job!! So strong and powerful with wonderful wording!!
Than you…I am glad you enjoyed and I appreciate you coming to my blog. Heartspell
Wonderfully visual! Very well done.
Regards…
Thank you for reading and for the sweet comments.Heartspell
you’d be surprised how resilient a heart is… it always keeps its door open no matter how many times it was robbed and hurt. i love your creation!
http://pinklady-bing.blogspot.com/2010/07/note-to-my-child.html
Thank you, Pinklady…how are you? I am glad you visited my blog. Heartspell
an anecdote of hearts… a very lovely attempt and i enjoyed it!
Thank you for the sweet comment. Heartspell
I like the way you have presented this.It makes such a change from the very short lined poems people turn out. The imagery is very strong. Well done!
You are very kind…thank you for visiting my blog and appreciating my poem…Best, Heartspell
Strong and uplifting! I liked the spirit of this poem.. the last 2 lines were a killer!!
Shine on, girl.. A nice positive piece here.. and a fitting tribute to the ever so mighty frail, yet mighty, heart!
Thank you… yes the heart is mighty and mighty breakable…hehehe, but seriously, thank you for the sweet words here from you. Heartspell
I wish my heart can be mend like as in this poem 🙂 , but it all need is time i guess. Thank for sharing this poem and i enjoyed it ^^, will be looking forward for more of your works=P
Thank you so much for visiting and for the nice comments. I hope your heart mends, too and I appreciate that you wish to visit here again. Heartspell
^^ I will surely come again ;D have a great day ahead:)
You as well and thank you. Heartspell
Due to an usual schedule today…I haven’t read many poems today..but am so glad that I read yours…you take the old theme of a broken heart and give it a completely new twist which I just love.
Well, thank you for that…I appreciate so much the kind words that you are glad you came here to read…The feeling is mutual, as I look forward each day to visiting your blog, and have you on my blogroll if that is ok with you… I should have asked you long ago, forgive me for that. Heartspell
a story, in a poetic form,
very calmly and lovely told.
enjoyed it.
😉
Thank you, Jingle…I am glad that you enjoyed…it makes me happy! Heartspell
Thanks, Jingle.