My heart has learned to beat again, so long it sat in a spare room with little joy, with bacon fat and lard filling the spaces where love, hope and care should be. I’d stopped believing I was worthy of friends, of unrequested hugs and smiles, and thought I should just continue till it’s time
To quicken, to burn brighter To stimulate, to set a flame If you quicken me, I will quicken you I feel it when I say your name You have my heart, so please take care I know it’s safe, you have my trust I have only words, they aren’t enough but soon I will be close enough to touch I know to hold
I have a second shadow that never leaves my side A space between, a place I’ve seen and love to keep aliveIt’s always welcome, even though I find from time to time, It can slip from my sight, and then I wander as if blind I have a second shadow, a hole deep in my heart A missing