To Hold Your Heart Out

To Hold Your Heart Out Those things which a mind will not forgive burn like a hot coal in tender hands Such hate allows not a decent Soul to live *------- (finality) where darkness eats into fertile lands Ash and soot cling to the fireplace stack soothing heat in each night's slow burn Rushing waters flood the gulleys out back *------- (change) where Fall drops leaves and colors turn Once your sweet lips were coldly rejected a sad mistake caused by grievous lies Desperate because kind heart was neglected *------- (memories) tears fell like rain from stormy skies Yet truth came to give its sweet release when requested to hold your heart out Your misery grew great and would not cease *------- ( truth) the unforgivable words you did shout Those things which a mind will not forgive burn like a hot coal in tender hands Such hate allows not a decent Soul to live *-------(finality) where darkness eats into fertile lands Robert J. Lindley, 06-12-2015