Pangs of Heartbreak

She squandered her love,

sprinkling and dripping

into swift river of dust,

swirling in a whirlpool

of sorrowful chants.

Hummingbird wings

brushed her heart

and departed,

lip synching the love

drowned in the sand

as high tides slurped

and swept her away.

Breath of her waves

listened to voices,

slithering unsaid.

Thumbs of feelings

depressed in meters

of ticking time

impressing her palms

with tempests of sorrow.

swooshing of angst

murmurs and sighs,

eye lashed promises

filter loss into space.

Strands of skin

weep soft rain

of empty arms.

Crescendo of pain

beats like a drum,

heart cracks like egg -

a soundless void

where roses

don’t thrive.

Hurt of loneliness

moans and wails

in barren soil.

Prisms of hope

parade downstream,

fingertips ooze

sound of no return.