My Heart Crashed Against the Stars

My heart crashed

against the stars

when you

looked into

my eyes

and saw the

poetry written there

I am all smile and humor

to a world that doesn’t

care to look inside,

but you saw past my facade

into the sonnet I had

written with my tears.

Love had once come

whispering a promise

to leave telling a lie.

My heart became a recluse

penning lines of sorrow.

Can I trust the hope

that wants to erase

yesterday’s anguish?

You stand there

reading my verses

with your eyes asking

me to let you inside.

I am not made of stone

but of passion.

I want to love again.

I feel your heart wanting mine.

Tiny steps is all I can take,

I will take my first with you.

© Copyright Susie Clevenger 2011