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One Poor Heart
by
Alice C. Bateman
Tell me please, how often
Can just one heart break
How much disappointment
Can just one poor heart take?
Just when you think that all is well
There's one more crushing blow
Just when you think it's all OK
Life once more lays you low
How much disappointment
Can one poor heart take?
How often can we open up
And leave our hearts at stake?
I'm tired of the whirlwind
I just want off this ride
Too much roller-coaster
Far too much high tide
My poor heart can't take anymore
Of hurt and disappointment
As far as I know, I've never heard
Of any magic ointment
That you can smooth on all the cracks
Of a heart that's been so shattered
Why can we not just live our lives
And not always feel battered?
I've had enough of hurt and pain
I've had enough of this
When will I ever, will I ever
Have my share of bliss?
Does it really even
Exist on this old earth?
Or is it just a myth that we've
Been fed with since our birth?
I've had enough, I've had enough
I scream inside my head
Will this never end until
The day that I am dead?
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