Tattle Tale Heart

Beating in a cadence few can hear
for they listen not closely.
Pounding in perpetuity through creation.
Pumping relentlessly,
slowing with sorrows ache; 
racing with the light of sunset 
or the nearness of a lovers lips.
Aging brings a stutter,
causing fluttering eyes and fragile skinned hands 
to hold onto life or love……
Danger, my pounding presence ignites
cascading fear to lunacy and awe to wonder.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 11/20/2009 6:51:00 AM
great verse! keep writing my friend!
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Date: 9/15/2009 2:40:00 PM
the dialect of the heart
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Date: 9/10/2009 7:55:00 PM
Love the title and the poem is strong really great ending . A raelly strong write from start to finish
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Date: 9/10/2009 11:16:00 AM
Beautiful write, you have an extraordinary gift with words. . . now, I am trying very hard to compose something for your contest, but I am constantly opening cerebral cans of worms trying to find a true Canadian dialect!! Us hosers like to take our time eh!
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Date: 9/10/2009 4:06:00 AM
Awesome writing Deborah. Really different. Love, Carol
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Date: 9/9/2009 6:33:00 PM
Excellent work, my dear friend! So glad to be back home with my family! I missed you and everyone here so much. Thank you for your welcoming comment. I am hoping to add more poems to that book! So wonderful to read your words again, GF. I see I have lots of catching uo to do! Love and a BIG HUG, your girl!
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Date: 9/9/2009 6:21:00 PM
I really like these lines "aging brings a stutter, causing fluttering eyes and fragile skinned hands to hold onto life or love..." beautiful job. Thank you for all your kind comments! And I did see your dialects contest, but I'm actually originally from the United States Midwest... so I don't really have a cool accent, lol... unless you want me to write you a poem in spanish...? Thanks again
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Date: 9/9/2009 2:23:00 PM
What a maravelous organ the heart and you describe it beautifully. Thanks for your words of congratulations.. Love, Joyce
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Date: 9/9/2009 11:50:00 AM
Excellent work, love the descriptions...Raul
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