the book of whimsy ✓

the heart of a poet

all y'all poets can probably relate to this

---

i know you didn't

ask

to hear my musings

to read my

writings

to critique my

prose

but that's what you

get

for stealing the heart

of a poet

i know you didn't

want

to be immortalized

in text

to be read about

year after year

by scholars and

young literary minds

but that's what you

get

for stealing the heart

of a poet

you get

fame

though the world may

never know

who you truly are

they will know

the color of your eyes

and the

music of your laugh

they will know the

hearts you broke

and the

smiles you left

in your wake

they will know how you

made me feel

how you

make me feel

they will know that we

did not get

forever

that's what you

get

for stealing the heart

of a poet

i become yours

truly and forever

and when you

drop my heart

and it shatters

i put a piece

in your pocket

so that you

never forget me

and i hold on

to memories

long gone

to remember you

because that's what you

get

for stealing the heart

of a poet

you get words

crafted around your

name

you get palaces

built out of

wispy wonderings

musings like

soft summer sunsets

like clouds

gentle

rising in the distance

you get stories told

through

poetry

that's what you

get

for stealing the heart

of a poet

but more than that

more than

prose

more than

picturesque imaginings

about who we were

and who we are supposed to be

you will get

heartstrings

and heartbreak

you will get

luggage

tugged from every

other soul

who stole the heart

of this poet

you will not get

freedom

you will be

set free

thank you for stealing

the heart

of this poet