Abdul Malik Mandani Poet Quatrain

Touched My Heart

All my life I lived a loveless life
No one ever touched my heart,
Neither kith and kin nor my wife,
to give this static life a jump-start.

Sitting in my easy chair on the patio
I dreamt of a daring exotic adventure,
Searched far and wide, high and low
But found none to partner this venture.

So nursing a can of beer in my hand
And a bag of potato chips on my lap
I roamed alone in some fantasy land
Unaware, I was but walking into a trap.

To my surprise, on a hospital bed I awoke
Being readied for an open-heart operation,
It seems I was knocked out by a stroke
brought on by a sedentary life and tension.

My heart was pumping blood low
And beating at a snail’s pace,
My veins all clogged up and slow
An open-heart surgery I had to face.

So here I was hooked up to a machine
My chest bare and cut open apart
My beating heart held by Nurse Colleen—
Oh, lo! Someone finally touched my heart.



~Contest: The one who touched my heart
~Sponsor: Regina McIntosh.

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L Milton Hankins September 2, 2021 at 6:47 PM Oh my, I'll say she touched your heart. I had the experience some thirty years ago come this December. Sometimes we need a traumatic event like this to renew our minds. Fine piece of writing, Abdul. Abdul Malik Mandani September 2, 2021 at 8:04 PM I am so glad you liked it. It's been 2 years for me. Most of the poem is true. I didn't know anybody would like it. I have taken the prompt literally. Appreciate your comment very much. Thanks