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Winter Heart

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What should I call you?
Friend? – Lover? – Enemy?
It doesn’t matter, because
A term is just a word and
Makes no difference to the heart

Whose strings have been plucked
For the last time, left broken and
Discarded on a hospital floor, not
Fit for the transplant unit – and  
Not good enough for you.

In the worst way I said
“I think I love you”
You turned away, and I knew that
That was it for us – my heart turned
To ice that day –

Ice which splinters through the
Delicate rose petals, shredding
And destroying what was once
Beautiful and innocent – but roses
Have thorns, and the ice is sometimes release.

Ice which packs the heart in the box,
Ready for the transplant team
To rig up to another body –
Blood infusions and special surgery
To make the heart work again.
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angelenroute's avatar
Well written, cool poem! Only minor edit I'd suggest is in this line: "You turned away, and I knew that" = remove that at the end, because you have that starting the next...yes, you can reason a double that works, but it's not needed here so I'd remove it........overall great poem!