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Apr 15, 2010
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Arid Heart
Arid Heart
My heart is jaded
from too much exposure
to the world at large.
No longer can I watch
the nightly news
and feel anything;
the river of caring,
where my sympathy
and compassion reside,
have long since dried up.
My heart has hit
the point of saturation
this sponge is full;
not another drop
can it hold.
I want to feel again,
but I don't know how
to make this
numbing sensation recede.
My tears have fled,
the well is dry
as a bone in the desert.
My heart is jaded
from too much exposure
to the world at large.
No longer can I watch
the nightly news
and feel anything;
the river of caring,
where my sympathy
and compassion reside,
have long since dried up.
My heart has hit
the point of saturation
this sponge is full;
not another drop
can it hold.
I want to feel again,
but I don't know how
to make this
numbing sensation recede.
My tears have fled,
the well is dry
as a bone in the desert.
— Candlewitch, Apr 15, 2010
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