Kim Van Breda Poet Rhyme

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

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Frederic Parker April 14, 2014 at 5:09 PM a nice poem, the beinning of wisdom is to know yourself

Mel Merrill April 11, 2014 at 12:06 AM Kim, my dear, this a really nice poem. I enjoyed reading it; thank you. Seems you're quite the wordsmith and imagist. My compliments. swing by when your in the area. hugs // mel // :)

Poet Destroyer A April 9, 2014 at 11:53 AM Hello Kim, What a delight to learn the pleasing sound, of mellifuous,.... It's easy to enjoy & appreciate the words , when written with such much feeling and flow... xox~ Linda