inside their ribcage city
lies an abandoned heart hotel
haunted with the memories
of a time it once knew well
if you're quiet and imagine
you can hear the closing doors
the forgotten conversations
and the footsteps on the floors
it was open many years ago
when they were still young and naive
believing if they gave enough
they'd eventually receive
each day they cleaned and cooked
to ensure comfort for their guests
but as people kept arriving
it grew heavy in their chest
eventually to hear themselves
they almost had to shout
over the people who had once moved in
and then never moved out
although they'd faded from their life
their memories roamed the halls
for they were so afraid of heartbreak
that they clung onto them all
but hotels aren't designed
for everyone who comes, to stay
and when you keep on cramming people in
something's going to give way
and so the story goes
their heart hotel slowly closed down
they learned to let things go
and moved in to a nicer town
that their doing so much better
where the ones they loved the dearest
are the only guests they will allow
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The Silent
Poetry⚠️Trigger Warning⚠️ if any of the tagged things are sensitive to read about or makes you feel uncomfortable, please do not read! I'd hate to be the reason you feel either way. *Please feel free to leave feedback and suggestions in the comments, thx...
