30.   Tears Are Not Enough

My heart is just an open wound
Eternally weeping and bleeding
Always getting trampled on
Yet never quite conceding
Was only made to pump my blood
Not for romance or emotional stuff
How it often yearns to cry
Tears are not enough

This old stumbling heart of mine
Still misses a beat when love comes around
But when I really need it to beat
Disappears and goes to ground
Like a hammer striking a mirror
Gets broken too easily when in love
But love is more like a dagger
Tears are not enough

And this fragile heart of mine
At some time will have the final say
And suddenly stop beating
Declaring quite unannounced my dying day
You know I love you my sweet, sweet heart
So why now are you so tough?
We can cry ourselves to death
Tears are not enough

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