Art for Heartaches (Poems)

I love you finally

You look at me

when my face is filled

with nothing but an empty gaze

when my tears

got the best

of all those smiles that vanished

and I said, 'Hold me near.'

You hold me

when I am nothing but an empty vessel

with a fading strength and a faded faith

a hope burned down with the ashes of mistakes

when betrayal got the best

of all the happy send-offs I have heard

and I said, 'Stand by me.'

You stand by me

when all that I am is nothing but dust

wiped off from shards of broken glass

when my wounds are greater than all the healing hands

when pain got the best against all the sacrifice

when despair is the one roof to take my ruined heart

and you said you love me

but I missed it

so you had all the lines repeated

you stand by me, still and silent

a fortress undying

against my hell and rain

between all my wings and heaven

and I said, 'I love you.'

finally.