My heart is a fool’s corpse
That archeologist will find
Thousands of years from now
Fossilized in amber or calcified
Toughened by all the lies
That scarred it

Each time love’s promises
Smashed it
Each time hopes dreams
For a better world
Crushed it

Each failed expectation
Which sought to lessen
Taught me many lessons
To pass my heart on
and prevent someone else pain