Dear Heart Of Mine

Dear heart of mine,

Why must you wound me so?

You once beat in rhythm with my soul,

but now you feel like a stranger,

unrecognisable in the silence of my chest.

I was the only one who truly knew you,

yet you slip from my grasp,

turning into something I cannot name.

I no longer understand your desires,

your endless ache, your unspoken cries.

Why do you betray me with tears

when all I ever did was trust you?

Dear heart of mine,

tell me—

when did you stop being mine?

Was it the day you broke for someone else,

or the night you drowned in longing?

Did you lose yourself in the echoes of love,

or in the weight of unhealed scars?

You are both my prison and my compass,

leading me nowhere,

yet binding me here.

~ ayla