Heart of Stone
It was a painted puzzle
of a poet in the rain.
we
were
somewhere in New Jersey
blowing bubbles
on a train.
She ate her last Dorito
and scribbled down a line,
about a shattered goblet full
of poisoned berry wine.
she didn't see the changes
all around her shadowed form
and how the color ranges
left the spectrum of the norm.
she thought she fell asleep and
dreamed
of dandelions and home
her open eyes transitioned
as she turned to hardest stone.
Her density had doubled up
and doubled once again
every time she turned her face
and failed to help a friend,
I put her in my pocket and I put her
on my desk
her heart of stone ,
is mine to own
T'was I who loved her best.
Copyright © Johnette Loefgren | Year Posted 2006
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