Unearthing the Heart's Emotions
Unearthing the heart’s emotions
Is a dangerous task
Down through the layers
I tunnel
Driven by sadness
Driven by madness
Am I ready to accept
What lies hidden
Like mushrooms springing
From the musty, sodden earth
Deep wounds lie festering
In layers of scar tissue
Bathed in dark denial
And washed white by delusion
Inside I spy
Various gems and stones
I linger with a chosen few
Those I polish and return
Others beg me to stay awhile
But it is no use
The pain of a second glance
Spurs me forward
Occasionally, I glimpse a rose
Mixed with the discards
I pause and inhale its fragrance
Praying it will remain
Later I return
Searching
Was it there?
Was it really me?
Too late it’s gone
But the sense
That I glimpsed it once
Gives renewed hope.
Tomorrow I will
Better sort the
Treasure from the trash.
Third or fourth version
Oct 2011 KDK
Copyright © Kathleen Kroll | Year Posted 2016
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