If you can love me

Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)



There's a space between my stomach and my breath.
It carries a chain with Amore written in gold leaf.
It sheafs my heart in golden bundles of words.
That once shard all touch.
It softly asks me to pursue.
So that it's song can start anew.
Dreams fill its cells where pains hands grow few.
Like ribbon it gets notched, bruised and scuffed.
It asks if you will call its bluff.
And see what it is holding in there.
What nourishing chards it has to share.
It is where the honest sun lands.
Its purch on praying hands that would be set free.
It wonders if you can love me.
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Written on March 23, 2023

Submitted by heathert.34240 on March 23, 2023

Modified on April 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEEEFGHHIJJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 567
Words 123
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Heather Lydia Thornhill

Moods and mindsets poetry. Published. Book in progress: Don't talk rot. more…

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  • dougb.19255
    Heather my email is. blaredub@gmail.com. You might send me your mailing address. I would be happy to forward to Manchester a couple of hard copy booklets with faith poems. A privilege for me.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • dougb.19255
    Nourishing chards to share. Boyoboyoboy. NICE choice.
    LikeReply 11 year ago
  • dougb.19255
    The chain of potential loving incidents, opportunities. Wow with this piece and imagery, Heather.
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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