How To Love A Broken Heart

How To Love A Broken Heart

Listen to the tenor of a broken heart
There among the ruined notes
You will find a sad,
Melancholy melody in minor key
A soulful song with a tender tune
Telling my beau sabreur tale
Riding the wind and waves
Only to be tripped up
By a romantic riptide
Pulling me under
With sweet lies
And broken promises.

Handle with delicate care my heart
And these eyes seeing beauty
But failed to see ruin
Ready to rot a pure soul
Whose words spoke
Amorous affection
From an aperture of openness
Acceptance and allure
Only to be deceived,
Denied and rejected
By a daily dose
Of I love you.

Golden paint of a beautiful kintsugi
And a brush with fine hair
Will be required for mending
A once precious bowl
Cracked by ignorance,
Neglect and cruelty
For nights left alone
Crying when no one was watching
For a lover who served
Breadcrumbs instead of
Satisfying sustenance
Attention and love.

Bring me a true blue being in love
Whose eyes, arms and kisses
Do not come from far away
Instead are close as
Breathing and tender as breezes
Who radiates stars
Beams and casts magic
Let her body shine
Through the beauty of kindness
Sincerity and touch
How I long for the real thing
So I may feel alive again.

Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
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