Despite it's name

by Melissa   Sep 7, 2007


You know the heart doesn't really break
our fist-sized vessels
didn't get their stance
from plastic hands,
no, they're more mighty
than what we give them credit for

Sometimes the heart just overwhelms itself
with emotion
until your mind thinks it may explode,
but even then, nothing happens
certainly not a wild blast
or a mild separation

It just lingers about the chest
maybe a little heavier than usual,
but still whole
mine feels enormously heavy at times
like it may be in my belly
swimming helplessly upstream,
but it doesn't hurt (not like you'd expect a broken heart to)
just slightly discomforting
in a real fishy way

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  • 16 years ago

    by NyellMoonlight

    Excellent piece with great metaphors and descriptions within. Very unique, too. I can relate to some parts of the poem. I really like the way you write, you have great and unique style.
    This poem has good rhythm and flow.
    5/5 from me

  • 16 years ago

    by swill

    Oh actually I really am unsure about what I told you...Lol...sorry..

  • 16 years ago

    by swill

    Wow....so beautiful...one suggestion though...I think it should be "its" in the title, without the apostrophe....I think an apostrophe is usually used to denote a missing letter, or as a possessive word...

  • 16 years ago

    by Corinne

    Well done Melissa. I thought the last verse was especially lucid.

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