I have loved and I have lost
And I am still loving
And I will continue to love
They have come and they have gone
And they are still there
And they will continue to be there
Each one of them that I have loved and I have lost
Has hacked away at my heart
Hacked a piece of my heart away
A piece has turned into pieces
And they have hacked them away
Those whom I am still loving are hacking away at it
And are still hacking
And will continue to hack
And those who are waiting to love me still
Are holding their swords, their matchets and their hoes
Waiting to hack away at my heart
My heart is fragile but it beats still
Pumping twice the amount it was before it was hacked at
It struggles to beat but it beats still
Struggling to breathe
But it breathes still
And struggling to sustain the life in me
But I am still alive
With many more years to stay alive
And though they have hacked away at my heart
They have moulded it with beautiful curves
Defined each twist and turn on it
Moulded the bends into beautiful bends
And defined the curvature of it
And it is a beautiful heart
Beating, pumping and breathing still
Loving and giving and loving again
Loving even those to whom love has been lost to
Loving those whom still love
And waiting to love those waiting to love
Waiting to hack away at my heart
Hacking at my heart
©Nina Fabunmi 2016
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