Gingerbread Heart

My heart is not a game 

Please be careful... with its pieces 

Maybe I'm not right... insane 

Or maybe I'm just too aware of what life teaches 

Trapped in relentless pain 

Trembling wings... too scared to unfurl 

My pure heart, I cannot tame 

I just want to love... be loved and appreciated 

Simple... is all I need 

I have no need... for words... cryptic

Just need your love, not to wane 

Listen to what my soul’s light, inside of me... preaches 

Perhaps I should refrain

From these, my soul purged words... pledges

Yet I know you want... the same 

It’s carried on the waves... the wind; your heart... it reaches 

Are you here to remain? 

Or to paint my echo... deftly   

Is your heart true... feels the same 

Or thirsty... intrigued; If so, mercy...I beseech you 

I am no empty frame 

Please do not... misunderstand me  

My sweetness... it is not feigned   

My gingerbread heart crumbles... as love ... it releases  

So if it's... as you claim 

Within your words of rhyme... rearranged 

Please no longer... be restrained

Don't leave our precious love, unrequited... felt... speechless   

  

© Debbie Razey 2019 - Violet Moon Poetry