Heart bruise
Dec 9, 2022
A bruise that you cannot see;
A wound that doesn’t bleed;
Tears that rise up, but get stuck in your throat;
Invisible chains around the ribcage — suffocating, hurting,
Leaving behind yearning, not for what is lost
But for something that never was.
One day the chains will break;
One day the wound will heal;
One day the yearning will be fulfilled,
But the bruise will always remain —
As a memory,
As a warning,
As a token…
For the life lived, love given, courage displayed.