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A Heart Beats

Behind the mayhem and drama

Beat a sweet loving heart

A childlike playful heart

A heart lacking in self love and worth 

An isolated troubled heart

A self inflicted undernourished heart

A heart that stopped beating at the age of thirty eight

A heart that should still be beating

An anorexic heart

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Rowena Velasco Date: 8/7/2025 3:02:00 AM Wow, Deb — this really hits. It’s raw but gentle, and you can feel the pain under every line. That last one… chills. Thanks for sharing something so real. Login to Reply

Hilda Greenhough Date: 4/26/2025 4:31:00 PM This is sad. So sorry. Login to Reply Deb M Date: 4/30/2025 9:26:00 AM Its not personal Hilda…thankyou…Debx

John Loving Iii Date: 4/26/2025 3:47:00 PM Tell me about it. When the heart is aged it's something else. It's so hard to write about but it must be expressed. Login to Reply Deb M Date: 4/30/2025 9:26:00 AM Thanks John….Debx

Sotto Poet Date: 4/26/2025 2:59:00 PM Malnutrition as a cause of death due to mental illness is a terrible thought. Deb, your choice to highlight such a very moving issue is truly respected. Login to Reply Deb M Date: 4/30/2025 9:25:00 AM Awww thanks Lasaad…..always lovely to see or l should say read you! Debx

Lin Lane Date: 4/26/2025 2:21:00 PM That’s so terribly sad to think a life ends from undernourishment when there’s an illness in the mind. Login to Reply Deb M Date: 4/30/2025 9:25:00 AM Incredibly sad Lin….its an awful disease! Debx

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 4/26/2025 1:24:00 PM - It must be terrible to starve yourself to death, Deb - hugs Login to Reply Deb M Date: 4/30/2025 9:22:00 AM Awful Sunshine! Debx

Ilene Bauer Date: 4/26/2025 1:13:00 PM So sad, but very well-described, Deb! Login to Reply Deb M Date: 4/30/2025 9:24:00 AM Thanks Ilene….Debx

Tom Cunningham Date: 4/26/2025 11:11:00 AM Social media is to blame convincing, especially young girls how they should look. Yet they continue to screw up impressionable young minds. If I had my way I'd shut them all down. Bit like here really, no policing of the site. Welcome back Deb. Tom Login to Reply Deb M Date: 4/30/2025 9:23:00 AM Thanks Tom….life gets in the way of poetry sometimes haha!! Debx