Where Does A Heart Go?

Where Does A Heart Go?

A Poem by Thomas Emile Vaughen

Do you expect the dagger,
with the heart on your sleeve?
Surely you know that 
you'll bleed? 

Cause the sinners and angels
alike, well they aint
all that nice,
not to such as you 

Come now, moving target
try harder to mark it
and make it obvious
you'll take the plunge

The platinum wound 


God's got no mercy
when the game is love,
which is teeth and getting
trampled on 

Bite marks and your 
baptism of fire


You innocent 

Grow a thick skin
and reel it in,
keep your chemistry;
burn it, in the bunsen

Don't pass the disease 
if you'd please,
cause the kind of
bug you're carrying, contagion 

Could knock down
the millions, mockery
man, will strengthen
you

The furness, brandish
the iron you'll become
touched by the 
forge

Where does a heart go?

Let them sing, 
gathered around your 
premature tomb
then

I don't know

© 2018 Thomas Emile Vaughen


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very deep and poignant there is the smooth flow of words but then it will take a second reading to really be able to comprehend there lies the challenge

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Thomas Emile Vaughen
Thomas Emile Vaughen

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