My Heart Was a Love Letter
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My heart was a love letter
That you turned into an origami crane
And even though that’s not what I expected
I accepted this date for initially I was stuck in the honeymoon
phase of you creating art and putting my heart on display
I thought you would read me, every day
To remind you of the adoration I gave
But instead, I learned to realize that
I was much more of a trophy,
That you displayed
To friends and loved ones because I looked
So Good in a trophy case
My appearance was so much more pleasing
Than the love I gave
In these words that now spill onto the sheet of paper
you folded leaving me depraved
Empty, like this sheet that started with a sonnet
Is now bleeding like my heart
Because I’ve become enslaved to this shelf
and your facade of love that you
showcase to everybody who
Would look
Sincerely,
Donnie
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