My Heart Will Crack

by LisaMay

We painted hearts upon some stones

and skipped them out to sea.

Years later, I’m here alone

with a heartbreak memory.

My heart will crack,

singing it’s sorrowful song.

This memory of our moments takes me back

to where I once thought I’d belong.

Pebbles on the beach –

and you now out of reach

when once you said you’d be mine –

are reminders of

my trusting love.

I thought that would define

my future life, as your wife,

but here the heartless stones are bare.

You don’t care

that love was there.

And now all I have to share

is my aching soul and a poem of woe

as I tread our beach, so slow...

so tired, so old,

with love gone cold.

Tomorrow’s one more lonely day.

The sands of time will trickle

as our stones are ground away.

Our love, once strong, proved fickle.

The seagulls cried,

and I did too,

when your love died

and I lost you.

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Memories writing prompt entry

Writing Prompt
Look at some old photographs and write about a memory or a thought that they give you. If possible (not required) include the image in your poem.

Author's Note:
The photo is a detail of an artwork I made many years ago with pebbles I painted from a beach that was special to me and my then beloved, who had recently broken up with me. The artwork has since fallen to pieces, like the relationship did, but the photo of it remains as a reminder of my grand passion.

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