Heart’s Desire is a poem written by Lynn White and shared with The Ugly Writers under the theme Something Spooky for the month of October

Heart’s Desire

She said, I was her heart’s desire

sometimes

I think

she meant it.

I think

sometimes

I felt it too.

But now I feel

empty

of desire

I feel

only strangeness

holding her heart in my hand.

I feel it pulsating with life.

I feel the blood flowing like tears,

while she lies still,

so still,

empty.

Emptied of desire,

like me.

Only wonder.

Only I wonder

what will happen next.

Read more from Lynn White by checking out her site here or by reading her previous entries:

Check out previous entries for Something Spooky here: