Retreated

I got the chance to visit my heart today Lonely it lays as the beloved is far away Once hopeless it retreated in a desert A whirlwind came and it ran away hurt Wrapped by bandages its wounds were hidden Why did it try to go on a path untrodden It walked and walked and found nothingness The sun was laughing at its helplessness The scorching rays left it licking its dried lips To quench its thirst from a river it wanted to take sips The desert stretched like loneliness To have retreated was mere foolishness Soon the delicate heart started to bleed It wanted to go and could only plead The rain then started to fall a sign of mercy Dipped in that bliss it forgot its pain’s accuracy