Heart Breaks

This is it, the ache
 the moment where a heart breaks,
that dreaded phone call on the wire
 the words that emit
the loss of life's intense fire,

God's most precious gift
 in the pounding pulse dismissed
of this old heart of hearts
 tears and regret that we are
forever apart.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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April 15, 2021 at 9:14 PM
Beautiful poem, DM ~
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