poem – Page 25 – Hearts Still Care

My Path

I have felt much in this life.
I won’t use a metaphor for tears.
There has always been a path
That led me through my fears.

Love comes like a blue moon night,
With its bitterness and its bliss;
And I have seen it burn on a pyre;
And felt it in each lover’s kiss.

I have felt my heart break
And I won’t relate much now;
But I shall salute its endurance
And how it kept every vow.

I have lost and lost and yet won,
For in losing, I’ve seen life grow;
And as I ache and blossom,
I relearn the art of letting go.

The moment you fall in love,
The world tries to tear you apart;
It doesn’t matter how deep your love is,
Or how committed is your heart.

The jealous world sows jealousy;
It is hateful and it sows hate;
If you surrender, blame yourself;
But never blame your fate.

So though it is foe or friend,
Father, mother, sister, brother,
If you have loved, and mean it,
Have faith in the other.

I have dealt with the vows of liars,
The ones who love, who also cheat;
I’ve felt the horror of heartbreak –
It just feels like it’s on repeat.

I’ve cried more than my share of tears;
I have rebuilt my life from scratch,
Over and over, in my house of flint –
And I have even lit the match.

You came to my life, years ago,
And I felt your eyes ever since;
I began knowing your sadness –
And calling you the Kinder Prince.

You are young and yet you have grown;
And I have smiled when you smile;
And while I didn’t believe you first –
You’ve been loving me all this while.

It took me time to see your heart –
For mine has always been broken;
I misunderstood your silence –
But since have heard your love spoken.

I am afraid of the future;
Yet I always believe today;
And because I see your kind heart –
I believe when you say you’ll stay.