Poetry Porch: Poetry

 

HEART
by Ted Richer




1.


“I give you my heart,” she said.


. . .


“I give you my heart and my soul, too.”


. . .


“I give you my body—” she said:


. . .


“My love and my life, too—”


. . .


“I give to you.”


. . .


“I take your body,” I said.


2.


“I gave you my heart,” she said.


. . .


“I gave you my heart and my soul, too.”


. . .


“I gave you my body—” she said:


. . .


“My love and my life, too—”


. . .


“I gave to you.”


. . .


“I took your body,” I said.


3.


“Oh, you have my heart,” she said.


. . .


“No, I have my own heart,” I said.




Copyright © 2015 by Ted Richer.