My Heart

My Heart?
Why was this pain so intense?
Why wasn’t the thing beating in my chest my own?
My body had belonged to me before you came
Before you slowly claimed the pieces of my heart
It was a year ago when you invaded my chest
When we first met your smiled claimed an inch of my heart
Your deep soulful eyes claimed another
As weeks passed your personality consumed my heart at a rapid pace
Until I held only a small corner
At that time I did not care
When you were around me my heart was so light and unburned
It was not long until your invasion had claimed both mind and soul.
But when that day occurred
When I found you with that other person
I shudder to think of my mangling heart
That quickly twisted in itself
Your soulful eyes that once had been full of love
Now looked at me with content and satisfaction
When you saw my soul breaking; my mind shutting down
It was then I bolted to my dark shadows
The physical pain of my heart slowly tearing and wreathing
Caused tears, my sanity, to spill out of my eyes
Somehow my heart continued to beat
A small part of my organ was still alive
But it was inhibited by the mangled parts
Barely able to pump blood through my shredded heart vessels
Day by day I tried to reclaim my heart
The battles were fought for hours upon hours
Yet I did not know their outcome
For my mind was frozen and numb
Perhaps I won back a few centimeters
Or maybe I lost the rest of my heart
Then there was a day when I met a girl
I saw some light in her eyes
That reminded me of you
She began to awake my mind
And took brave steps into an empty temple full of demons
She was patient with my distrust
With the way I recoiled from her at times
The times I snapped at her and told her to leave me alone
She stubbornly stood her ground in your desolate temple
And slew demon by demon
Until she could take a step forward, deeper into my withered heart
It took months for her to overcome the demons
And when she finally stood in the center of this temple
She filled it with light and warmth
I could actually feel my heart pump without pain
My face could show expressions I thought I would never feel again
I also reclaimed some of my heart
And, wearily, let her it from me
As the years passed
Now I am going to spend the rest of my life with her
The strong brave warrior who fought to claim me
My glourious Linda