Heart

Silence-
So deafening
that I could only hear my own heart.

Thud. thud. thud.
A steady beat
heard as blood flowed through my veins.

"Are you inside my heart?"
No answer, no whisper, nothing.
Just the sound of the place I want him to be.

My heart-

which pumped the blood-
which traced the soles
of my naked feet.

Grimy-
For I stepped on the cold, damp earth
as it guarded the roots and trees
of the deep dark forest.

I ran-
Waiting to see the specks of light-
my hope, my chance
in a canopy of black.

I cried-
Cried the hardest.
Tears flowed down my tiny stream of tragedy
'cause I'm lost in my own misery.

Someone please find me.
I'm screaming in agony
for the place I want him to be.
But there was no reply...

He's never coming back.
And all I heard was
the last few beats of my heart
and then-
Silence.





~anamellie, 040909