Another strike to a battered heart
A gross loss of life
Another lost heart beat
A heart that feels defeat
Once a blessing
Now a lesson
But how shall I learn from this
You gave me comfort in my lonely bed
Now my pillow is soaked with the tears I shed
Wondering why you left me
Why we couldn’t be
Sitting in a pool of blood
Still trying to hold on to you despite the flood
Once again I was alone
You are gone
But I still feel you
Sometimes I think I really need you
The absence of you hath struck my already battered heart
With scars that look like a painful work of art
My insides hurt like I have a cut
My head is filled with thoughts that rot
My body, I see signs of you on it
Thought you are not in it
You have struck me badly
And opened old wounds I once thought were healed sadly
I am hurting all over again
Waiting for my pain to heal to find me again
Numbing the pain by making art
Mending the strike to my battered heart
(C) Nina Fabunmi 2018
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