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Bleeding Heart

If my embrace could stop your bleed, or smoothing brow make pain recede, my love would ride, a great white steed, to mend your bleeding heart. But my heart bleeds, my soul is bent, my broken parts sing like lament, so humbly, trembling, I present my fragile, shattered part. If we who, fractured though we…

Bleeding Hearts salvia

If my embrace could stop your bleed,

or smoothing brow make pain recede,

my love would ride, a great white steed,

to mend your bleeding heart.

But my heart bleeds, my soul is bent,

my broken parts sing like lament,

so humbly, trembling, I present

my fragile, shattered part.

If we who, fractured though we are,

combine our fragments,  name our scars,

embrace the cracks in ruptured jars,

could we be living art?

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The snowstorm today made driving (and photography) a bit of a challenge.   So – how about some colour from last year instead??  🙂  “…treasures in jars of clay…”

Responses to “Bleeding Heart”

  1. thenicethingaboutstrangers

    My grandmother had one of these bushes at her home, so whenever I see them I think of her–and her very good heart. 🙂 Lovely sentiment in your poem! Thank you!

    1. melodylowes

      Than you so much for stopping by! 🙂

  2. Anonymous

    Lovely – the photo & the poem.
    Yucko on the more snow.
    Let’s put out an APB for spring!

    1. melodylowes

      I’ll get right on that! 🙂 Thank you, by the way…

  3. Heidi Viars

    ok … I will say it … “I think this one is my favorite!” … but …. I will reserve the right to say that again 🙂

    1. melodylowes

      🙂 Thanks Heidi!

  4. Eric

    Thou art forever living art, whether we twain or we apart. 😀 E

    1. melodylowes

      The poet who can’t hep – er, ‘poeting’? 😉

      1. Eric

        I believe that Americans and Canadians are inherently illiterate… Something about being so far away from the Mother Ship… 😀

      2. melodylowes

        *blush* Just caught my typo… 😦

      3. Eric

        Blush for the soft stroke
        of verse across nape of neck,
        but never for brush
        of a swiftly stoked
        spellcheck…
        for a poet’s dear license
        shall never be revoked,
        just stoked…

        🙂

      4. melodylowes

        Bahaha! 😀

  5. Robynn

    Mel! You are amazing! This is so lovely. I’m glad I happened upon it. What else…where else do you write?

    1. melodylowes

      I have a devotional blog – the link is on this one. And a devotional book, too, based on my gardening/ devo blog. I’m just getting going, really – this May marks my first year aniiversary of writing poetry, which has been a joyous discovery!! I have so much now that I want/need to say… 🙂

  6. I HAVE A VOICE

    i believe ouur scars will identify us as HIS1

  7. blackandwrite

    Melody this is a terrific poem, I really love it. 🙂

    1. melodylowes

      Thanks! 🙂

  8. greenlightlady

    So very lovely, Melody! Yes, our brokenness can be made beautiful.

    Blessings ~ Wendy

  9. jaels

    Beautiful.

    1. melodylowes

      Thanks so much! 🙂

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