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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2010-11-20 02:00 AM


The heart has corners, yes, it does
wherein to stuff the lies and such
but there are no bars and wrought iron gates
to prevent their daily walk-abouts.  

They meander in my forest, glens,
to taint the beautiful
and touch upon my friendly tears
to turn them into angry ones.

They even pull on strands of hair
and the pain bursts full and free
in a head that once thought love
above/beyond all things.

So I took a scalpel, yes, I did
in hands that knew to scrape and smooth
the heart into a perfect line
like that between the soul and mind.

There is no tool to bend and swirl
what's come to pass to how it was
and of a heart now in a line
it remains until my sure demise.

It's in the stars or in the palm
that heart lines must eventually be
a slip and slide for lies and such
so they can't attack en masse!

Helen / 19 November 2010


© Copyright 2010 Helen - All Rights Reserved
mikeandrew
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since 2010-11-18
Posts 198

1 posted 2010-11-20 02:12 AM


A very insightful expression of thoughts.
Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
2 posted 2010-11-20 02:18 AM


Thank you, mikeandrew.  Welcome to Pip!
JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
3 posted 2010-11-20 08:38 AM


Hah! Wonderful exercise in the age-old art of trying to arrange and delegate words, phrases and sometimes whole human beings in the darkside of the heart. But yes, indeed they are quite capable of finding their way out of that semi-dungeon to attack and cause mayhem.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
4 posted 2010-11-20 04:13 PM


Yes, sort of like spring cleaning every day.

Thanks for the read, Jerry.

Helen

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
5 posted 2010-11-20 08:22 PM


So I took a scalpel, yes, I did
in hands that knew to scrape and smooth
the heart into a perfect line
like that between the soul and mind.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Love that, and your title is so perfect.
Very good, honey girl~


Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115
South Africa
6 posted 2010-11-21 01:12 AM


Hi Bluesy - People always say "follow your heart" but how uninteresting when it's in a straight line with no corners and bends to make it feel really alive.  For now, however, I'll have to settle for the slip and slide which is still on the plus side.     

Love
Helen

Amaryllis
Senior Member
since 2010-05-20
Posts 1306
Mi now
7 posted 2010-11-21 06:56 PM


I liked this, too... I think we all need to do that now and then... very well said!  

Amaryllis

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