Queen of Broken Hearts

Soft remembrances tucked close
Like a cherished rose
To a woman's breast
Faded, sweet scents coaxing
To a time when
The world fell away with her breaths
Perhaps that was the downfall
Of it all
Her laughter sing-song in his ears
And the smile of puckish delight
Growing sharper with the years
He holds fast to a time when
Those soul-searching eyes lifted up
Enticed his wayward, marauding heart
A man who'd seen stars for the first time
And realized
They'd been with him from the start
Like all flowers, the petals wilted
The winter blew frost into her laugh
The cold stole away the fire
That had long warmed his hands
Now she sits above the world
Like the celestial she's always been
And her stardust eyes glimmer
Harsher than the blade that descends
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