This Aching Heart Cracked Like a Weathered Stone
This Aching Heart Cracked Like A Weathered Stone
This aching heart cracked like a weathered stone
fissures through lean muscle and solid bone.
There once dwelt love deep and never ending
now just faded memories rescinding.
There was pure joy in our romantic time
like sweetest rhythm in poetic rhyme.
Never ending nights cast heavenly spells
of truest romance and our planned wedding bells.
Now darkness rides me like a broken horse
while you are racing forth with no remorse.
I miss your soft touch and giving smiles
now time has you away a million miles.
Decades now and my understanding grown
Soul repaired this badly weathered stone.
R.J. Lindley,
Aug. 22nd, 1975
Syllables Per Line:
10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10
Total # Syllables: 140
Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically:
Total # Words: 100
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2016
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