For Him

For Him

I loved you for a summer

that has not yet left my heart

but burns with the heat of the stars 

we loved to look at. 

I took my love and tried to kill it, 

bury it deep in ice and stone

so that it could not hurt us

any more.

But like those stars and lights

we loved,

my love has never faded.

Instead it sits silently weeping for you,

beating at the walls I

tried and failed to build to enclose it.

Like a broken bird it flutters and

my heart beats out of time. 

I loved you for a summer 

that has not yet left my heart

but burns deep inside and 

scorches my fingers when I try to tear it out. 

Reviews

[Phill Oz O'fee]

Sounds like a 'summer romance' where you got your fingers burnt and your heart broken! Emotional strong imagery and wordplay - nice one ... :-)