Dear Heart,
Slap!
Her world stopped.
Everything she knew was lost.
Her face burned.
A hand print was etched onto her face.
Slap!
Her heart broke.
This was there end , her heart had betrayed her.
She had betrayed herself.
Slap!
The tears began to swell in her eyes
She refused to let them fall
Refused to accept defeat
She tried to be strong
& ignore the stinging of her cheek
She walked out the house.
& the tears began to fall
Her face burned
She bowed her head
Her favorite day had been ruined.
Robbed from her without care
She hid home in shame and tears
A birthday that can never be repaired.
I had betrayed myself.
I broke you in a matter of months
Forgive me heart
For allowing such a boy to make you weak.
- Lani Watt