My Heart

“My Heart”

I’m afraid someday you will kiss me,
And I will not want to die anymore.
I fear the day you may become dull.
Your heart has always destroyed me.
Why should life be any different now?
What if it ever was just the two of us—
How could I bear the burden of Trust?
I see you, and I am sore with Doubt
Because if you never made me nervous,
I would forget how to love you.

My heart lies listening between us…
Speak. Please speak to such chambers
With those fears you dare not face.
I will take you into my empty breast,
Where you will be the life of my tears.
Such sorrow seems forbidden—
As it is your beauty that pains me,
For such angels should not walk among men.

Everything is fading—everything is gone—
The road between us is paved with death.
Across the way lies our need to change.
I would dare to cross, but breath remains
Inside me, and I am alone
While you walk with other forms I cannot view.
Do you think I believe it ever was just us?
Or do you know that I always knew?

© 2022 Marten Hoyle