Once Upon a Trusting Heart
Thunder clouds retreat
empty of tears
devastation finally spent.
The bloody remains of your
forgery
slipstream down the gutters.
So clean
I thought was your heart.
Secrets held so close
scatter like confetti
upon an angry wind.
Sewers scream with
your arrival.
Copyright © Jill Martin | Year Posted 2006
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