Pomegranate Heart

She counts the seeds
Of my pomegranate heart
The same, always the same
No matter how many times she counts.
Her fingers are stained 
And though she may wash and scrub
There I will be
In her skin, lodged in places
Where she cannot wash me out
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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A  Avatar
January 4, 2016 at 1:48 PM
awesome poem
Calleja Avatar
January 5, 2016 at 1:55 AM
Thank you :) This is the title poem of my book Pomegranate Heart, so it is very special to me!
Osho Avatar
December 10, 2015 at 4:48 AM
beautiful expression miriam
Calleja Avatar
January 5, 2016 at 1:56 AM
Thank you Francis!
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