DEAR HEART

Dear Heart
You were dealt a blow
When your trust was left nothing to show
And your love was axed to shreds
All your dreams were burnt in dreads
That day, you thought you wouldn’t survive
I wonder how you did revive

So you revived
But days turned into thorns of unhappiness
Your past held sign posts of no future
Starting again was a monster
…that threatened like a gangster
But you still fought through like a warrior

Dear Heart
Today is better than yesterday
Yesterday, when your tongue run like a marathon
…only on words describing the broken bond
As you skipped several beats
…when fears of loneliness whispered obscenities in your ears
Your eyes are stubborn to a fault
…for it hasn’t rained once
… despite your fluctuating sentiments

Dear Heart
Today, the commotion is about the devotion of your emotions
And the joke you were
…through the bubble built on lies
So you stiffen when you remember
And you grieve times that you did surrender
But know that this too will walk past
…even if its steps are like a conceited bride’s

Dear Heart
You’ve seen and felt so much
As you’ve been dealt with so much
But as the years travel
Your clouds would clear
…and you will see what need be
…and what shouldn’t ever be given your attention

So the cheetahs who nearly chased you into hell holes
…and the goats who nearly ate away your breath valves
Together with their publics
…would be bored into concentrating on their own lives one day
So hang on

Since today is better than yesterday
So would tomorrow improve
For days after hefty blows are the most deceptive
…with the nearest being the deadliest for the strongest of hearts
And the farthest being the deadliest for the weak
You know you belong to the former
So your light awaits
…at that tunnel’s end
…which is oh so near
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © October 20, 2026.