Soft Heart--Raw Nerve
SOFT HEART – RAW NERVE
suspecting my position is unsound
accepting sinking feelings I
may drown
heartbeat limp and malleable
gentle and mellifluous yet
scarcely stable
smarting anguish of frayed nerve
raw, synthetic hyper alert
tests reserve
escaping at last to spaces I go
pacified nerve and compliant
heart flow
(‘mellifluous’ = pleasing to the ear)
© Kim van Breda—April 2014
Copyright © Kim Van Breda | Year Posted 2014
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