
MY HEART IS PAINTED BLACK
My heart is painted black
All colours I see are dark
There's no love that I seek or see
There's no joy that I breed
My heart is stoic
My heart is cold
My life is a ship that sails on an endless sea
No path, direction or destination
A violent calm inferno of rage rages within me
I show no love, I receive no love
I'm the wall that has passed through it all
The breaks, the hurt, tbe tears, the violence
I tried open my tender fragile heart to accommodate a few love pieces
But like it used to, it got broken, the tiny thing tore apart
So I summoned courage picked up the pieces
And sew them up with a metal thread and an iron needle
Now I have so much strength and power, with a bulletproof heart in place
For when the deadly bullets come rushing
Now nothing can ignite the flame that was long burnt
Nor the tears that were long buried
My heart is black
Very stoic and firm
Ogunlana Rukayat A.
SimplyRukky