So the Lies Can'T Get In
Pull pieces of my love
Through the shattered cracks
of my heart
Put them away
in a coffin
secured with locks
and chains.
Find all the pieces.
then maybe,
I can no longer be hurt.
Take all my expectations
and shred them
let the pieces fall
to the ground.
Take all my disappointment
pour it on the coffin,
suffocate the love within.
Take all those hopes
and those dreams
Take what I thought love should be
Light it all on fire.
until only ashes remain.
Take the respect and fascination I had
drown them in my tears
cry until the ashes are washed clear
until what I felt disintegrates
Into nothing.
Take all I was made to feel
in the past,
Loved.
Cherished.
Respected.
Wanted.
Included.
Important.
Stomp those feelings into the mud
Used the crushed feelings mixed with dirt
to patch the cracks in my heart
So the lies can't get in,
anymore.
Copyright © Jennifer Reynolds | Year Posted 2019
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