The broken-hearted
After it broke, I picked up the pieces and folded up the corners of my heart, creased the lines in well and sharp and tucked it into a box I shoved into the deepest, darkest hole where light could never find. It stayed there quiet and resigned in a pool of its own tears, willing the memories to evaporate and regrets to dissolve. And for years, it was fine. Never mind the silverfish darting in and out eating the edges of the heart. It was fine. Never mind the days that moved one into another into a year and then a decade passed. It was fine. Never mind that no one knew or cared to look for it at all. It was fine. There were enough hearts in the world free, whole, and happy, beating gently against another. One heart less out there -- scarred, fragmented, and in pieces, folded up in the dark with lines creased in well and sharp -- was fine. (A midnight poem in 10 minutes)