Original Poetry

Heart of Dirt...

that rich sweet smell of leaf rot and dampness.

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Heart of Dirt...

pulled from that cool hole in the earth,

Clawed together with rough hands and fraying fingernails...

Palms well marked by Mother.

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Heart of Dirt...

Well formed and molded,

With true laborious love, so lovingly crafted,

I carry with delicate tenderness,

my Heart of Dirt.

I wish I could tear my heart from my chest,
and hold it with the tenderness it's so long yearned for... hold it with the love it still waits for.

I wish I could tear my eyes from my face, and show them that which I've been blind to. My eyes will cry without me.

I wish I could tear my ears from my head, only then could I tell them all.

If I could tear my heart from my chest... hold it with a tenderness...
bear this abstract lonliness...
cradled in my palms as it's beats slow to a stop.

I wish I could...

They say eyes are windows to the soul.

Take a look, through her dry eyes;

look how her souls weeps.

Weeping souls drown in their bodies.

Broken hearts crumble,

tired bodies tumble down,

weary hands fumble,

forlorn faces frown,

weeping souls drown.

They say eyes are windows to the soul.

Look how her soul weeps.

Look at me!

See my eyes?

See my soul?

See my grief?

Grieve with me.

Weep with me.

Stay with me.

Weeping souls drown alone.

Take Heart...
Take Heart in Hand...
Take Heart in Hand that still Beats Steady. Carry on, Steady...
Steady on, Steady...

Give me your hands; Be Not Afraid!
Let me wash away your tears with the rain!
That heart you wear on your sleeve, will soon turn pale and fade; Be Not Afraid!
Give me your fear, hand me your pain; Be Not Afraid!
Be Not Afraid!
Be Not Afraid!
Be Not Afraid!

They know...
I don't know how but They know. They know, They Know, They KNOW! They see it too.
They seem to know my every move. They know...
Lurking in the shadows, They know. They know, They Know, They KNOW!

I can feel their eyes...
digging into my skin, sharp in my back... catching...

Waiting, Watching, Lurking,
I feel their gaze,
I feel them waiting, watching lurking... hanging on my every word...
I can feel Their eyes.
They See.

They know, They Know, They KNOW

All I've hidden,
All I've done,
All I have tucked deep into my heart, tried hard to forget...
all I could not forgive,
They KNOW ALL!

They will wait...
They will watch...
They still lurk in the shadows... They'll be there for next time...

They'll Know.

As the crow flies, passing me by and by,

riding the winds and gracing the canopy.

I see it's shadow sweep the ground and throw my head to the sky to catch sight. 

Take Heart...
Take Heart in Hand...
Take Heart in Hand that still Beats Steady. Carry on, Steady...
Steady on, Steady...