My Heart

“My Heart” (5/29/2023 Tom Entrican)

I laid it there for all to see, no secret hidden there

All that I am; the love and pain and even my despair

I may not please everyone, just how I choose to be

At least you will know right up front the entirety of me

You do not have to like my words or actions as it were

But if you chance to ponder some perhaps it will occur

That all I do is leave for you some thoughts there in your cart

Whether it is bad or good, it comes straight from my   heart

I have not lived a thousand years or climbed up every hill

But I can show you where it was she gave my heart a spill

I can write down all the things that torture me at night

And hope that it will make you think and keep you up at night

I talk of all the scars I wear, and maybe they are earned

Or tell of all the bridges that the one I loved has burned

I speak for all the lonely in this world so torn apart

Who do not care to share like me, these things here in my heart

The dreary thoughts that follow me come right there from page one

While most pretend they do not see, it all seems so undone

Sometimes your pain is just like mine and helps us both to see

That we will always have with us this hurt to some degree

If I had extras in my bag, the smiles I would hand out

But life as far as I can see just leaves me too much doubt

My soul is bruised, my mind is drenched, the sorrow won’t depart

The darkness of life’s evil way eats right through my heart

If love has taught me anything, you cannot duck and roll

Whatever pieces you pick up, the heart will pay the toll

Some are funny, some are sad, and some are just benign

The good and bad and ugliness just hang there in my lines

So if you’re blue and looking for some peace perhaps to steal

I offer little comfort as my own soul will not heal

Perhaps for me love will return, never to depart

Until that day the bandages remain upon my heart