A stranger’s heart!

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During the transplant I received a stranger’s heart,

I am not the same for my heart is new,

My new heart gave me a shorter fuse,

So when he said “Please follow your heart for I know it is kind”,

…I snapped

‘My heart is gone and which part of that do you not understand?’,

It is hard for me,

When I use expressions like ‘I cross my heart’,

‘I love you from the bottom of my heart’,

‘I love you with all my heart’,

I feel like a pathetic fraud,

As I look at my chest and beat my breast,

My cardio - thoracic cage,

Knowing the blood coursing through my veins is mine,

But its pump is not.

© Brussels August 2015 afesehngwaHilary

This Shadow!

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The features dark,
The outline clear,
The details blur,
That made me mad,
And almost sad,
But then the moment came,
My pupils wide,

This shadow,
In this treacherous meadow,
Pointed me to the light,

So that shadow,
Yes that one,
And every shadow,
Is the compass to the light,
Its chief architect,

You can either focus on the shadow,
Or follow it to the light,
To your Eldorado,
And if you’re lucky it might be in Colorado,

© Brussels August 2015 afesehngwaHilary