Dare

A POEM

Dare to close my heart Dare to close the doors shut Dare to put the bars on from within Dare to be my own confidant, my own comfort Dare to love my heart and need no other

Dare to look smugly beyond the brass doors To look at those who couldn’t care for my heart Dare to stick out my tongue at them For carelessly handling my precious heart Leaving it cracked and in pieces

Dare them to open the brass doors — If they can I challenge the searcher, the brave Only the one will know the key Only the one will turn the lock Only he will be rewarded with all of me

I offer it no more freely For they do not know its value, it’s priceless Henceforth they will toil to draw near it I vow never again to give it freely Away, Away!! Leave me nurse my broken heart alone

© Imabong Faminu

Originally published at http://possibiblog.wordpress.com on November 16, 2016.