“Take My Heart” by M. C. Lubow
I wish to be a woman in a Chagall painting
Floating in the air, dreaming
Of flowers, magic moments and beaming
I wish he would Chagall me, greet my breasts
As Chagall did when he met an art collector
I only know because she told me with zest
Instead I feel like Frida Kahlo has scooped
Me out… I am bleeding
Red and blue tears from my veins and aorta
My heart hangs out of my body
But my heart still beats with fervor
My heart beats for my imaginary lover
My heart may cry, but refuses to die
I am in mourning for what I thought I had
I am not always this sad
I am going to survive; I am alive
It is time to face the future with courage
With as much dignity as I can gather
It is a soulful matter
My heart will mend
This will not be the end of me
Or will it ?
© 2010
September 30, 2010 at 12:56 am
M.C. – This is such an arresting poem, very deep voice & powerful.
I love the rhyme at the end
“My heart will mend
This will not be the end……”
Yes, Maxine, you will mend, keep writing these wonderful
moving pieces, they are pieces of you, mending. Love Lisa
August 23, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Dear Maxine,
Very powerful & provacative. Great imagery “you feel scooped out”.
Face the future with courage. That is what you are doing by writing this piece & living day by day. YES you are surviviing. I am proud of you.
Love
Beverly