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Ink stained heart by Mariah Pompa


Mariah Pompa   

5/5/17

Ink Stained Heart

My world feels so dead,

My heart beat strains,


The colors fade,

The energy lost from the air,


To get it back takes on thing,

one simple thing,


A simple poem here and there,

A simple poem isn’t there,


Where did it go?

Those colors,

Those pictures,

Those sounds,


The view is grey from where I sit,

They’re closing rank,

I feel claustrophobic,

Yet I smile all the same,


I’m grasping at straws,

I can’t remember,

When all I want is a name,


My tongue curves to the words,

My eyes fill with tears,

The release of my heart,


A word of English,

Some sacred prize,

This shouldn’t be a treat,


It should be easy,

Easy as breathing,


Yet it’s all a jumbled mess…,


There is no time to feel,

Less time to write,


We’re losing it now,

Losing it all without a fight.

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