You are a grave digger.
Exhuming the heart I thought dead.
It was entombed like a love buried in the backyard of my essentia.
I dug it low with pain a shovel
Deeper and deeper till I could not see the light.
Piled the dirt down the pit to a heart that could not become more soiled.
It did not matter you put your ear to the ground that night and listened intently
You didn't have a shovel you only had those patient hands.
You got on all fours and began to excavate clawing in the ground with quiet determination
A smile creased across the face as the muck caked your clothes but it did not ***** that spirit.
I thought you lost in the depths to claim a prize I tried to hide.
Then there you were a grin from ear to ear and a tender thing held in just one palm.
I froze uncertain as each step brought it closer.
You simply dusted it off and handed back the heart like a old hat I had lost.
I tried it on for size again and felt the familiar weight of it.
It still felt a burden but that look in your eyes made me believe that I could bear it
Dec 31, 2017
Dec 31, 2017 at 8:03 AM UTC
You are a grave digger.
Exhuming the heart I thought dead.
It was entombed like a love buried in the backyard of my essentia.
I dug it low with pain a shovel
Deeper and deeper till I could not see the light.
Piled the dirt down the pit to a heart that could not become more soiled.
It did not matter you put your ear to the ground that night and listened intently
You didn't have a shovel you only had those patient hands.
You got on all fours and began to excavate clawing in the ground with quiet determination
A smile creased across the face as the muck caked your clothes but it did not ***** that spirit.
I thought you lost in the depths to claim a prize I tried to hide.
Then there you were a grin from ear to ear and a tender thing held in just one palm.
I froze uncertain as each step brought it closer.
You simply dusted it off and handed back the heart like a old hat I had lost.
I tried it on for size again and felt the familiar weight of it.
It still felt a burden but that look in your eyes made me believe that I could bear it