I won't let my thoughts prevail,
I'll stand tall through wind and hail
and never bow down to you.

I won't let my mind drift
into this cleft, into this rift,
I know I can be stronger.

My heart will not break once more
I've been around, I know the score
You won't win this.

My eyes will not behold you,
Though they desire to,
Love is not my lens.

I shan't allow desire or lust,
I shall be barren, shall be dust
and there shall be no growth for you.

For I can see disaster plain,
And though it may not be your aim
I have a target across my chest.

I will not be your wounded deer,
Your clever catch, your toast and cheer
I shall not fall so easily.

Keep in mind my solemn vow,
Take heed and listen now
I shall not bow down to you.

Would you bow down to me I ponder,
Ah and now my thoughts shall wander,
For who am I to know

Another's mind, another's soul,
Their petty target? Their desperate goal?
Predator or prey unknown.

Fools do dream and long for love
And beg from powers above.
But I am strong and will not sway.

I am the predator,
No longer the prey.

You make me feel like there maybe hope.
somewhere in this glittering expanse
of beaurocracy,
amongst the mundane and the dire
hiding amidst the hustle and bustle
of an ever busy, ever unfeeling
world of clinical desolation.
Maybe, together we can find it ...
or lose it all together.

Tell me how you love me,
Tell me all the ways,
Tell me how many kisses we’ve had,
And on how many days?

Tell me why you chose me,
Tell me when you first took my hand,
Tell me when I first made your legs go weak,
Made you scared you couldn’t stand.

Tell me when you loved me,
Did you know it right away?
Tell me why you fancied me,
And when, what day?

Tell me when you gave me your heart,
And when you accepted mine,
Tell me all the ways you care,
Tell me are you mine?

As deafening as thunder,
and blinding like lightning.
So it began, a whirlwind of energy,
Emotions and hormones in a cyclone.

And after the storm?
We see the destruction
Borne of the excitement.
And once again we grieve.

You told me you loved me,
You swore it to be true,
But just as Tristan lost Isolde,
I lost you.

My memories are fading,
It has all been such a blur,
Love and happiness in abundance,
And gone within a year.

Love is fickle,
As changing as the tides,
Lust is more honest,
But never wise.

For all my effort,
And all my will,
Love was never mine,
But always yours to ****.

I won't believe those words again,
Nor the racing of my heart,
And just like Romeo and Juliet,
My world will fall apart.

There is an empty cavern in my chest,
Where once I kept a heart.
Its' beat was steady, its' muscles strong,
But after it broke I had it removed.

At first I noticed no difference,
The stars came out, the sun shone,
All was still the same.
But then one day you came along,
And an ache began to grow.

I have searched high and low,
In cupboards, bags and boxes,
But my heart is not here.
And the ache for it is ever growing,
It wasn't until I saw you today

That I found where it had gone.
I saw the red upon the floor,
A great and flowing lake,
And by my hand, on my sleeve,
My heart was surely beating.

It's strong, and it is healthy,
And the cracks seem not to show,
But I cannot prise it from my sleeve,
There it happily stays.
I thought you had noticed it,

When you reached out for my hand,
Because although it was my hand you held,
It was my heart you truly touched,
Now it's no more upon my sleeve,
But safe within you grasp.

And the ache I never thought would leave
Is gone without a trace,
For now I have the greatest gift,
Of your whole, and loving heart,
And its' beat is steady, it's muscle strong.
This heart will surely last long.

Touch me the way you did before.
Say my name the way you used to.
Let me forget the horror
Of this new reality.

Just like Icarus I flew too close,
Too close to the radiance of you.
Now I lie broken bodied upon the rocks
Of our happy past.

Look at me with those longing eyes
That used to beam with love for me
Take me beneath the sheets of this new world,
And embrace me with a love long gone.

Say my name, call to me
In the sultry tones of the night before.
Wake me with the tender kiss
That used to pull the breath from my lungs.

Let me not lie alone,
Not like this,
Broken *****,
Broken hearted.

How high can you fly,
With broken wings?
How far can you fall
With a broken heart?