the gentle heart

that beats of kindness

but oftentimes gets hurt or broken

of moments undeserving of it

the gentle heart

that warms and smiles

from the inside out

with love that’s solid and without doubt

climatic it seems from within

and projects outwardly 

the depth quietly unseen

along with no cause to be mean

beats erratically

when pain arrives and thrives

in those painful situations of time

yet along the lines of steady palpitations

sporadically trying so hard and 

desperately aching to continue on being 

exactly what it truly is

and in a sense, just dying to 

simply love and live

a heart of ultimate rarity

and not a novelty seen to most

a heart that deserves a toast

as opposed to being burned 

purposely to roast and doing the most

to ruin the precious and good nature

of such a heart as this

for if this gentle heart 

were ever to depart this world

it would be the very heart

that unequivocally would be missed

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