Heartless
by emica Sunday, Dec 20 2015, 9:26am
international / poetry / post

there’s an abyss in your chest
where your heart once dwelled,
did you forget how to love?

lovers lie awake at night
drowning in the sea of surrender,
breathing the sweet air of enchantment
revelling in euphoric pleasures
that only the love drug provides

will the armour around your heart
prevent you from reaching heaven
it’s almost time to say goodbye?

I know this heaven well,
would you put your material riches
and concerns
before your true wealth?
I wish you luck on this empty path

I’ll pray for your wounded heart
with love and light --
it takes a brave man to delve
into the depths of being,
it takes courage to open and be vulnerable

strength does not issue from shielding
or running from everything
that makes you feel unsafe

strength is allowing love to penetrate
walls and shields and work its magic
knowing if you lose it
you could to die

who are you if you do not know yourself?
you have limitless love inside
and if you learn to express and share it
heaven will open in you like a flower
that never wilts or dies

we are in these human bodies
to experience each other
and learn to Love

without love
one's dreams would have no meaning.