beat as a heart should

                  Heart never understood
the motion of Her words ‘cross page
and page

and
infinite
as th’ Atlantic
kindness flies through space;
abandoned.
when He left
She clung
                   to the blood.

beat as a heart should
    
                  Heart never understood
the penmanship,
or heartbreak                       as a muse.

pursuit came to an end,

                  relinquishing  Her pen;
does beating Heart
                    demand the sight to feel?

Whether it be money,
drugs, ***, or power
we all have addictions
we face every second,
minute, and hour.
The truth of these
addictions is this:
We must be brave
and admit, that
its possible to quit!

A fathers love for a child is pure
So caring to love ones own
To look in their eyes, that glistening glow
To know their love is sure

To be a part of something so sweet
That special little smile
Just to hug and squeeze them tight
If only for awhile

To be there when they entered this world
Holds a special place in my heart
The laughs, the grins the kisses they give
Its hard to be apart

But to know they're always there by my side
Is the only thing I need
For the love of a child is a heartbeat away
God blessed this child indeed

K.T. Galloway

horizon cracks--
              the storm heats one ear while
              putting on lip balm

Treasure in forest,
Water dropping crystal beads—
Dew on wild orchids.

Distant blue field
further, still the dawn
warmth of day, falls away
disappears into a
fragrant piney forest
a path - twine and twigs, mossy laid
soft steps, of hoof prints made
in tunnels wooded, dimly lit
gray lichen amid the moss
raindrops magnified, gazing through
boletus spongy staining blue
fat berries, salal and thimble red
sparrow rakes his nesting bed
when all the light has gone away
night slips silent into another day.

Break the glass and watch it fall to the ground,
you can only put so many cracks in this fragile state of statue,
before it shatters like the heart you once had,

Let the emotion swallow you,
and pull you to the bottom of the ocean,
made of all the tears you ever cried, and all the lies you just couldn't hide,
the abyss of tragedy, has found its way into me,
they say if you stare into it too long, it stares into you, well darling, thats exactly what it'll do,
and it'll **** the life out of you,
leaving only guts and blood to remain,
no heart, no soul, no more emotion to burden you,
so go on, let the emotion swallow you whole, only for it to chew you up and spit you out,
half the woman you once were,

The glass has broken, and I think I've found the shards will remain,
in the very place from which they came,
my shattered heart will start to mend,
and I'll pick up and begin again

I sit at this desk, pen in hand,
Trying to decode the riddles you've left,
trying to read the message no one else could crack,

Its not that simple you see,
this poetic mess of words you've made,
the emotion swallows me whole,
and throws me up again,
by the time I've read it all,
my eyes are puffy and red,
tears flow down my cheeks,
because this riddle you have left me,
is about all you wanted me to be,
all you wanted me to see,

I continue on in this world knowing,
that someone had big dreams for me,
whether i was set out to accomplish them or not,
someone still took the time,
to set out my destiny.