{"sf1_id":372149,"sf2_id":"rn60zEke","title":"Whole","author":"Xandie","words":263,"posted_at":"2012-05-02T19:07:00.000Z","tags":["First Person","Love","Mate","Poem","Relationship","heart"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/372149-whole","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn60zEke","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/52/d4/52d4fe6d-8a60-4456-a3b9-225c95d828cc","description":"Poem","content":"A broken boy\n\nCame to me\n\nOne night\n\nHolding the shattered pieces of his heart.\n\nCradled in his hands;\n\nHe offered them to me...\n\nAnd the shards\n\nWere so sharp;\n\nThey cut my fingers\n\nAnd further fell apart...\n\nMy palms were raw\n\nAnd bleeding,\n\nBut still, I held the pieces;\n\nFragile and oh so frail...\n\nUnable to repair\n\nThe damage that was done,\n\nI kissed the tears from his cheeks\n\nAnd swallowed every shard he'd given to me...\n\nLike razors on the throat,\n\nThey stung\n\nAnd burned,\n\nTearing my tongue to shreds...\n\nBut I would not regret;\n\nNot even for a moment\n\nAnd I would not forget,\n\nThe precious gift he'd had to give...\n\nSo he stood before me,\n\nWatching as I choked;\n\nDevouring the jagged\n\nPieces of his heart...\n\nA lonesome,\n\nBroken boy,\n\nThat in return,\n\nI gave up my own heart instead...\n\nI took up his hands\n\nPainting them in\n\nCrimson\n\nWith the throbbing cuts that bled...\n\nAnd slipped them\n\nRight into my chest.\n\nBittersweet fingertips,\n\nGrasping at my racing heart...\n\nHis grip was tight,\n\nBut oh so gentle\n\nAs he carefully pulled it\n\nFrom my breast...\n\nAnd so it was;\n\nMy beating heart\n\nTook up the place\n\nWhere his shattered one had been...\n\nAnd I kissed his lips then,\n\nDying them too\n\nIn deep, russet hues\n\nTo match that of our hands...\n\nAnd as the salt of his tears\n\nPained upon my skin,\n\nI whispered,\n\nOh so softly,\n\n\"Don't you cry for this, my love;\n\nMy beautiful,\n\nBroken boy,\n\nFor I've just made you\n\nWhole again...\"\n\nCopywritten to Xander Bradeshaw.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}