If you could thump
The outside of my soul,
You'd find that it sounded
Quite hollow.
If you could shout,
Into its blue depths,
Only echoes of your voice
Would follow.
If you could make a wish,
And toss in a coin,
It would fall without reaching
The bottom.
Somewhere, inside, there
Used to be feelings,
But with each new wound,
I forgot them.
The hopes and dreams,
Now buried so deep,
Surely none shall ever
Uncover.
What bright, scattered fragments
Of a soft, giving heart
Made old by cold words of
A Lover.
For now, quenched the glimmer
Which used to reside
And lived with a passion
Of belief!
I had thought this heart's fire
Nigh unquenchable.
Till stolen,
By an uncommon thief.
Beware the man who masquerades,
As Love, come to save
Your sweet soul.
For in the inevitable end,
When he's left you again,
There's only emptiness
To fill in the hole.
~ C.L.R. ~