The Black Heart

Samuel

It sits there quietly

a single black heart

not crying

not shouting

just existing

like grief often does.

 

Not red

because the love is not simple

not gold

because nothing about this shines

not broken

because something still holds it together

even if no one knows what.

 

It’s not a song

not a plea

not a promise

just a mark

left behind like ashes

after the fire that built a home

burned down without goodbye.

 

She didn’t write a caption

she didn’t explain it

she just placed it

beside the day we lost her

and maybe beside the day she lost herself.

 

And maybe

that tiny symbol

is the only truth she has left

the only piece of us

she couldn’t throw away

when everything else felt too heavy

to hold.

 

So I watch it.

I see it

the way you stare at headstones

long after the mourners are gone

just to say,

I still remember.

 

Because part of me

still lives in that black heart

and maybe

part of her

does too.

  • Author: Samuel (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 2nd, 2025 00:08
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  • sorenbarrett

    This seems a tragic and sad poem of loss of someone dear that in some way choose to leave. Dark and rawly painful

  • Poetic Licence

    A sense of sadness and pain someone very special has moved on in life, to pastures new but the pain is still felt, nicely expressed and written



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