What Breaks a Heart?
What takes a strong heart and makes
pinpricks like blade licks
Small incisions, like decisions
to snip a part of you away
I take your hand to place
on my chest, take a second
to breathe
Take a minute to feel strength
feel the pulse of my own ache
My old wound held together
moment to moment
by hand shakes, by embrace
Feel the release when you realize
That’s all it takes
Human connection like rose inspection
Is a trust game
You must prove you can remain
Stable and soft
even in heat and exhaust–
You cannot faint!
You can't feint either
Every time your heart’s cut
you must train
at least at the start
To lead with your brain
not as they say, with your heart
A strong heart
is cut apart
and eaten
A weak brain
is picked over
again and again
Lead with your mind
like your life depends on it
Hold your heart dear like death
is nothing to fear
It’s inevitable.
A strong heart can break
a thousand times
but a strong mind
not even once
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