March 7

Lesson Learned

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Did you know you can feel your heart break?

I learned that two short years ago today.

It is more than a twinge or a cramp or an ache

I was fearful it would not go away.

Turns out some time will mend a heartbreak

Though I feel the scars remain to this day.

It’s a good lesson to know what’s at stake

If you find you have someone’s heart someday.

There’s lessons in trauma, make no mistake

The worth of this is crucial to convey.

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(A Ten-By-Ten Poem)

March 6

Bleeding Heart

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Over the phone I learned the news

Because face-to-face you couldn’t bear

And so a coward’s way you choose

A funny way of showing care.

I actually felt my heart tear

Suddenly lost and all alone

Life became defined by despair

All because you have no backbone.

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(Huitain Poem)

January 31

The Beginning of the End

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He would not tell her what that paper said,

Turning pale after scanning what it read.

“Why won’t you share? What is your fortune?”

She thinks they both need to hear something fun.

Ghostly, glaring he eats the cookie instead.

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He flicks the crumpled slip her way with dread

“A new love is blooming” the fortune read.

Eyes lift up from the words, “what have you done?”

He would not tell her.

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“What have you done?” repeatedly she plead,

Heart and stomach dropping, as if of lead.

Knowing the challenges have just begun,

Knowing this was the ending of their fun,

Knowing the life as she knew it was dead

He would not tell her.

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(A Rondeau Poem)