Why Can't our Bodies Die...
Posted January 14, 2008
WHY CAN'T OUR BODIES DIE
WHEN OUR HEARTS DO?
I've dreamt all these years
of you finding me here
having both arrived
I realize
...I have nothing to offer you
waiting forever to be free
from all that contained me
but this wretched cage
I could not break
...I had no time to become interesting
I fought so hard to give up
they said it meant love
to put away rebellion
and stop playing the felon
...behave myself, let go of everything
they hid me away
made me their slave
and I conceded
as the waters receded
...with my imagination
there were no more pirates,
no more fairies or wings
no longer any monsters,
elves, or beautiful things
no more swords
save for the one in my heart
if you pull it out
make sure it's sharp
as it may catch on
with the dullness of life
and hurt even more to rip out
and I may die
though how how can you die
anymore or be apprehensive?
when your heart no longer works
the way it was intended
why can't our bodies die
when our hearts do?
