The heart is a jigsaw puzzle
made of delicate crystalline shards
held together by aerial gossamer threads
agitated through the meekest lick of wind
troubled by the briefest gaze
In a tender atmosphere love thrives
Affable lexemes caress the ear
A finger traces the skin dove-like
Mighty arms give a warm embrace
shielding the most ethereal thing
Most arcane, most ailing thing of our lives
The same arms can crush, constrict
The same finger dig deep into ensanguined wounds
cause excruciating pain more than anything corporeal
The same words lash mercilessly
Until the heart
can bear no more
hemic, exquisite pieces on the floor
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