Heart Vice

I can't tell a soul!

It hurts again

It started squeezing harder

It won't let up

And I try to pretend

I just smile louder

I won't let anyone know

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It has begun constricting

It doesn't ever end

It won't ease up

I can't show that I’m hurting

This attack I can't begin to fend

I won't let anything show

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It will make me lame

It leaves no opening

It won't give up

I will never be the same

I am left only hoping…

But if I die, will I go above or below?

Am I to be trapped forever in this heart vice?

Author's Note

Stuff. I write it, you read it, you write about it, I read about it.