The heart shape hollow
At the centre of my chest
Grew like a balloon blown
Wide round and lopsided
I carried it along through nights and days
Like my shadow it remained an unseen part
The air inside it roared the songs
Of an abandoned lover in a pouring rain
Strangers in the way stared there
As if it looked like a profound well
That gets dim over each ring that extended inward
Strange and confusing as time and space
My gap in heart, clear and wide
Where only a few to dwell in
Waited in despair and anguish
With an inviting sign of “to let”
Like an old wrecked saloon,
People passed a sneak peek
And I sat in a corner like an
Unshaved somber barber
It took my watch to tick for a long
Till I diagnosed the growing defect
That sized like a hot-air balloon
Hungry thirsty and greedy for love
Love kept sedimenting from everywhere
And the space kept developing
Like a starving monster
Never giving itself a chance to burp
And finally say NO love any more
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