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Frozen Heart

warmth he once offered had vanished
only twisted words from his deceptive mouth
his eyes were empty

trying for years to restore his passion
where was the tenderness he once gave freely
apathy now abounded instead

he blamed me at first, so I bought new lingerie
got a manicure, pedicure and special hairdo
still, he said he felt nothing

after I left, I hired a sculptor
he chiseled a heart out of ice
metaphor for what he was missing

the heart was delivered to his door
he placed it in an ice bucket
went out to seek angelfish

many fish he caught that day, but no angels
when he brought them home
all had been spoiled

the frozen heart had melted, just as intended
but he never felt warmth inside again
sometimes what’s missing cannot be restored




*Entry For Susan Burch’s “Missing” contest
Written March 2, 2012

lost loveheartheartfree verse

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Gwendolen Song

March 31, 2012 at 6:32 PM

Completely relating to each and every line in this poem...love the seafood analogies especially!...He had the love of his life and didn't realize it...Aimlessly he will roam looking for something that will never satisfy him...You put one thous percent into this relationship it seems..Most women would have gave up so much earlier...What an entry for the theme of Susan's contest...

Duncan Chappell

March 12, 2012 at 12:33 PM

very deep in hurt here but so well put together dear caroyln ,,,, i hope you are doing well my dear friend .love duncan and ceizar your always a winner in our hearts xxx

Black Eyed Susan

March 12, 2012 at 7:31 AM

for some reason your soupmail icon is gone so I will just tell you here that i am so sorry that you are not on my missing winner's list. I don't know what happened to your entry between my first and second round - I KNOW I did not delete your entry and yet it wasnt' there anymore. i didn't know it was yours until today when i didn't see your name on my list and i looked and recognized your title. this was a good entry and would have been high on my list. so so sorry! please don't hate me, susan

Dan Kearley

March 2, 2012 at 2:48 PM

If this were true,what a fool he would be..To not see the love in the heart of thee. <3 Very nice write.

Russell Sivey

March 2, 2012 at 1:37 PM

What a sad poem this one is Carolyn! However this write was so very well written, I love the poem a lot! I enjoyed your write due to its awesome way it flows and moves from hope to hope throughout the write! I particularly loved the last line, "sometimes what's missing cannot be restored" it's quite an incredible line! This line sums up everything that your poem was trying to say! Great Work!!