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Digging down deep is difficult So many things these days only skim the surface Or what we are capable of No one dares to look inside Afraid to shovel out the bones buried in the graveyard of memories Afraid to be paralyzed with the fear that is ever apparent Cry the tears that are ever evident Be struck with the burning lightening of anger Or the shallow mallet of loss We bury them all so deep We believe nothing can touch us There is no way any being on this earth can touch this stone cold iron heart, no one Then someone comes along And without knowing, teases out little bits of that heart Melting it slowly Leaving us vulnerable once again Exposed to others What we wished to avoid in the first place Sometimes, the person tosses the glass heart aside Shattering it into a thousand sharp pieces And other times, they cradle the masterpiece of human desire gently between their hands and place it on a shelf only they can reach And toss you theirs for safe keeping A gamble of emotion An exchange of hearts Love it is Feeling all Embracing all Fearing not Love it is...
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Mar 13, 2015
Mar 13, 2015 at 10:24 PM UTC
Love It Is
Digging down deep is difficult So many things these days only skim the surface Or what we are capable of No one dares to look inside Afraid to shovel out the bones buried in the graveyard of memories Afraid to be paralyzed with the fear that is ever apparent Cry the tears that are ever evident Be struck with the burning lightening of anger Or the shallow mallet of loss We bury them all so deep We believe nothing can touch us There is no way any being on this earth can touch this stone cold iron heart, no one Then someone comes along And without knowing, teases out little bits of that heart Melting it slowly Leaving us vulnerable once again Exposed to others What we wished to avoid in the first place Sometimes, the person tosses the glass heart aside Shattering it into a thousand sharp pieces And other times, they cradle the masterpiece of human desire gently between their hands and place it on a shelf only they can reach And toss you theirs for safe keeping A gamble of emotion An exchange of hearts Love it is Feeling all Embracing all Fearing not Love it is...
Don't fear the notion of emotion.
#love#fear#anger#loss#emotions
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Mar 13, 2015
Mar 13, 2015 at 10:24 PM UTC
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