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A Heart of Gold Can Still Be Broken

Weakness lies in the heart of gold,
a heart of gold can still be broken.
O man of empathy, so naive,
who gives until all has been taken.

Hearts of gold are unsustainable,
their foundations appear strong and true,
but life, stalking, like a lion, 
hiding in the tall grass, unexpected as always,

He rips, and tears, far beyond repair!
Oh, what a fib! Such claptrap, and twaddle!
Do you still claim your heart to be
made out of some precious metal?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Krutsinger Avatar
February 13, 2019 at 11:06 PM
Joseph, this is surely not your first poem ever, for it has polish, and a lovely professional feel about it. Welcome to Poetry Soup. You have used some of my favorite words which I had almost forgotten I had - "claptrap and twaddle." Nicely done indeed.
Onafeso Avatar
February 25, 2019 at 4:24 PM
Is it really that good? This ain't even my best poem.
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