SOMEBODY BROKE MY HEART

-Somebody broke my heart-

What a nameless power is this

speaking by silence?

What is this seed blossoming

on the corners of my despair?

I am so comfortable among

the thorns as an acrid fragrance

perfumes my doubts, my airless

words.

I feel it embracing those dead

promises lost in my pockets.

-Somebody broke my heart-

What is this hiding my soul in

pensive petals?

Why am I kneeling down on

this altar of  rusty roses?

The skies are fractured and

your tongue licks my wounds

softly, gently:

words sewn in the dark

(I don’t want your pity)

-somebody broke my heart-

The same ritual today.

Let me whip my body.

This emotional damage

is so sweet.

This pain is almost art.

I can’t reroute the course.

I don’t know how to heal.

-somebody broke my heart-

Please help me to feel.

Karla Bardanza