Myriad Grains Of Hurt

My world was ended the day
My heart was shattered
And shards of love were crushed
To myriad, myriad grains of hurt.

My heart was shattered the day
My soldier died
And, bullet-battered, his body
Reclaimed by friends of war.

My soldier died that day
My tears were scattered
And aching love replaced my heart
With myriad, myriad grains of hurt.

poem by Hannah Barham
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If I Told You I Love You

If I told you I love you
What would you think?
Would you say you love me too?
Or that we're too young?
Would you hold me to you
And kiss away my fears of rejection?
Would you melt my inhibitions
With gentle touches of love
In places no-one's ever been?
Would you reassure me
Of reciprocation of my love?
Or would you spurn me?
Would you turn away from me?
Would you decide that you don't want
Someone who loves too easily?
Would our two month, three month anniversary
Be the anniversary of the end?
Or would we last?
In a world of make believe and fantasy
You'd be the one to take me all the way

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poem by Hannah Barham
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