By Monica C. Voskamp
Bleeding heart
Please stop for an instant.
I need to still breathe,
Yet you are tearing
Every bit of oxygen from me.
Bleeding heart
Please stop for a moment
It can’t be that bad
But you protest it can
As I feel currents of
Warmth stream down
My heated cheeks.
Bleeding heart
You may be alone tonight
You may be alone tomorrow
You may be alone yesterday
But bleeding heart
Still breathe.
Still breathe, please.
Breathe.
Know while you bleed
You are still loved.
You are still enough.
You haven’t lost your worth
Just because you bleed
An ocean red.
Bleeding heart,
You are not alone really
For many others have felt
This deep searing inner pain
Many others have been betrayed
Many others have been devastated
Many others have been soul crushed
Left struggling to go on.
Bleeding heart
Let hope meet you here
Right where you are as you are.
There’s no need to be ashamed,
You are still enough.
You are still loved.
You are still beautiful
Even with your river of tears
Even with your bleeding heart.
© 2020 MONICA C. VOSKAMP
*Photo Credit: Photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash
