The Broken Hearted

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Your body you offer

readily

a sacrifice to carnal pleasure.

 

Your heart you guard

fiercely

a weighty nugget of pure gold

your lifeline.

 

I wonder who had hurt you so

my dear.

 

Claw your anguish onto my face

beat your wild rage onto my chest

wet my neck with your salty sorrow

let my tranquility be a haven for your troubled spirit.

 

Me

your august scapegoat

noble offering to

absolve you

of this perennial grief

plaguing you so.

© 2006 Ségun Ògúntólá


© 2006 Ségun Ògúntólá