Heartsong

A poem about expressing your feelings when you know it will not make someone care for you

Heartsong

I’ve broken all the rules,
the ones that say
I should shut my mouth
just in case the truth flies out.

But my tender heart’s insistent
its softness must be spoken
it offers verbal tokens
of my abiding love.

Overriding sense and reason,
it conspires a thoughtless treason.
Never mind the aftermath
all its yearning brings.

When not a word should pass my lips,
it sings and sings and sings.