Years ago, you came into my life
You taught me how to feel the butterflies
Flying around inside my heart and stomach
Over and over and over again
Every time I saw you, my breath caught
And my heart was a hummingbird,
Fluttering against the walls of its cage.
Over and over and over again.
Your eyes were the most gorgeous blue
And every single time I saw them
The butterflies and the hummingbirds
Flew and struggled and tried to
escape
Over and over and over again
But every time I spoke to you
My heart broke over and over again
Until it was just little shards of stained glass at your feet,
And my hummingbird flew away.
You taught me how to ignore the butterflies
And how to shoot down the hummingbirds
Until they withered and died.
I never rebuilt my broken heart
Because I knew my hummingbird was long gone,
But I kept talking to you
Over and over and over again
I kept my feelings deep in my petite heart
Just to test my strength
I may be strong on the outside
But I am empty and dead on the inside
And you still have your hummingbird
Though it never flew any way near me
And I will be content with knowing
I will never be whole again,
Never breathless,
Never lovestruck,
Never electrified again,
Never in love, never,
Over and over and over again.
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Hearts of Roses
PuisiA series of poems about romance life and its ups and downs. Mostly downs, but that's what reality is. Too many ups will give you painful downs. More downs and less ups makes balance. Or maybe I'm just seeing it wrong. Oh, and a wee bit of creepines...
