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Tar Heart
You are a flame
 Near this tar heart of mine
 It’s so gooey
 And oozing
 Strange gases emit
 It is melting
 And on it drips
 There’s no shape left to it
 
 This heart is a mess
 It is black
 Wonder, why
 What happened to it?
 Is it poison is it paint
 Is it plastic, is it fake
 Why does it melt away?
 Every time I view your face
 
 I hate this feeling
 My heart slides out of my chest
 Into the gutters, it slips
 And down a drain, now
 Is it gone?
 I must have dreamt it
 Oh, yes
 It is still there
 But it is deluded
 To whom had I lent it to,
 If not to you
 
 Invisible, it seems to be
 But it is dark
 It breaks so easily
 As if it’s on display
 Right there on my sleeve
 But of course, it is not
 It is hidden away
 It is safe
 Just in case
 This day becomes
 A rainy one
 To wash
 The melted mess away
 
 Such is a sad day
 That my hear is with you
 Because I’ve stolen another
 (With it) what shall I do?
 It isn’t cold, but still full of hate
 Is it glass,
 Because that’s how it breaks
 Is it tar, as is mine?
 Corrupt and bent
 With the twists of time
 Beaten harshly, out of shape
 Then melted slowly
 With a sick turn of fate
 
 Why must it lie with me?
 When so many things
 Still, try so hard
 So many things
 Still, keep us apart
 So far, is the flame
 But it still melts my tar heart

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