Heart
I had a heart,
that now has gone from me
Into a world,
and across a sea.
A newborn heart,
who slept upon my breast
As unpracticed breath
pulsed his tiny chest
I had a heart which,
too briefly I called mine
And now am left heart-begging:
Please, Mnemosyne!
I had a father’s heart,
that filled to see him so
And stopped, and burst, and died
to see him go.
Copyright © Christopher Magill | Year Posted 2015
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