Lost Heart

Heart of my heart brings back lost memories When on the beach when made of sand it sinks When broken there transformed to granular There is no place to go but into madness When the heart turns cold and sad and into sand The surf turns dark with shadows growing dim Over distant ocean waves alone with thoughts adrift Like a lunar landing lonely but more remote than this When the heart becomes removed by evil Pretending to be something cute and cuddly When you learn what ugly is about The tide goes out but you remain insane When I collect myself and all the little pieces There is not much left inside the hollow self What remains I place inside a dirty shoe box More lost than found That which was a beating heart inside As I walk the seashore down one last time Once living once upon a time for only you Now soulless I must take it home to hide Not on a shelf or on display with trophies But under beds or underground with graver endings It does not matter where you place a broken heart Both it and I know our place when dead is dead