how many times a day can a heart break
stretching bending sinking
at small things
like

shadows falling sideways across
paths you often walk
a funny joke
a shoe

yearning and yawning as the wide world
a great big changing world
one which breathes
and dies

and one which sighs and wakes
a heart that's always open
never has a chance
to heal

but the breaking of a heart does not mean pain
hearts break when they fall in love
hearts break in the spring
a heart

can hold a moment close
but must let it go again
and again to feel
the world