Tender hearts wash ashore
New arrivals in our play
Unashamed and unaware
Drying on the gentle beach
Looking backwards and ahead
Forming bonds and memories
Unafraid to be betrayed
Loving, hating, carelessly
Time a most patient teacher
Humans, the most untamable beasts
Tender hearts encased in glass
Shattered, battered, then repeat
Chances taken turn to naught
Trusted loves will turn away
Fragments of a fragile heart
Burn and bruise and then decay
Deepest wounds we hold inside
Scarier than the loss of blood
Guarded hearts in metal boxes
Too dangerous to open up
Battered hearts all locked away
Sick, imprisioned, they will stay
Escaping is the only way
To love and hurt again someday.
Amazing poem! Loved it!
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Thank you very much ❤
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