Crushed, but still beating....

My heart still beats fast...
When you walk past.
I still stare when your near.
Yet I still seem to fear.

Those three words I mustn't hear.
For if I did everything I hold dear,
Would break to pieces or shatter.

The days you would flatter me..
Seem like so long ago.
I miss them so much,
Like the Elk misses the Doe.

And yet you'll never see
What I hide inside.
The truth of me.

And As I see you with her.
You skew what was already broken.
A gentle heart you violently ripped apart.

And as you walk down that street,
My broken heart still skips a beat.

* Words of truth. Though you'll never fully understand...*
~Jo Anna EL