pull the nail from my heart
it will not bleed
for the nail
you see
represents strength
whether drawn or withdrawn
from it
the aged blood pump will feed
beating all the more fiercely back
raw emotions
so lost in greed
my motto
Don't cry
make a joke instead
it works for me
well,
sometimes it does..............
(Dec. 19, 1997)
Author's Notes/Comments:
this tells of the many times I've been heart broken or just plain hurting and how I use poetry to try to make sense of the non sense and try to explain to myself why this or that had to happen and I was hurt in the process. many times such poetry is just
my own private form of therapy. I know not everyone has this luxury.
Knowing that alone humbles me greatly many times.