Mumified Heart of the Broken Record Dreams

Broken hearts stop screaming
broken poems repeat themselves
silent tears stop begging,
no longer care about saftey from their hell

Falling further under
swimming in these oceans blue
ne'er a mermaid nor a girl
just something different, so alien to you

Nothing new to write about
and yet words still pour out
funny how a "how are you"
is the thing that could save her from self-doubt

Never do the words come,
the words she's desperate to hear
and never does she give a care
tears don't crash, numbness ever near

Rosy lips stitched together
once-beating heart now mumified
mind stretches out its fingers,
grasps how often everyone has lied

Just a broken record,
no new tunes to play
yes, lover, it's just another poem,
and yes, it was just another painful day