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For Justin Bordner's contest 'I've been listening to your eyes'

Toxic Heart Art

I’ve been listening to your eyes
The way they smile the way they cry
Pulling for miles red heart’s insides

Little crows feet forming thin lines
Telling what tickle’s mahogany mind
Or what pickles in memory’s teal time

You’ve got hearts on a string
Obedient like art got them trained 
Glance from you like calling name

Love is a Lion and so we roar 
Walking the tightrope high above floor
Fearing only the one we adore

For if you abandoned us 
We’d be lost and scandalous 
Preferring tough love not lust

Serve us like plates of soul food
For amethyst audience to consume 
Each heartbreak an amber art bloom

Will you tire of the balancing act
Do you desire playing with fact
Unconditional love you wear like hat

Even a broken clock can be right
Once a day once a neon night
Is it time to say green goodbye

To a love that is so strong 
Despite dilemma life long
Heart holds on to you like a song

Love of a toxic parent is wild
Makes us licorice laugh makes us smile 
Makes us mad facing facts despite denial
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Mckeithan Avatar
February 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Another good poem for this contest. Again, you are able to rhyme while keeping great imagery.
Jones Avatar
February 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thank you! Glad you like it!
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