What is a Heart?

What is a heart?
Is it a key element?
A crucial part?

A flower petal
Wafting in the breeze?
Waiting to be caught
By whomever it may please?

A singing canary
Perched high in a tree?
Bright colored feathers
For all to see?

Or maybe a forgotten balloon
Rising and rising out of control
Because someone let it go
Relinquishing it as a whole?
Eventually falling 
                    Down
                           Down
                                  Down

Like a child with skinned knees
Tears in their eyes
An innocent glimmer hidden beneath
Behind the hurt and pain
An innocence to rival the rain

So is our heart like the rain?
Surrounding those close enough to feel its effect
Drenching, cleansing, bringing life
iridescent drops falling chaotic and perfect

But what if our hearts become cold?
Does that make them snow?
Individual problems drifting around our conscious
Some that others do not know?

And if there are those parts that no one knows
Then is there extra love to give
That no one ever really shows?

Reviews

[Sharkapillar]

Amazing. That's all I have to say. Just...amazing.

[A.Lee]

Nice write. I liked the visual in the "down, down, down" part. Very creative and excellent imagery all together. Full of wonder. Nice work.

[Sam Severn]

Deeply emotional n' heartfelt n' full of superb imagery n' childlike wondering, wondering, wondering! I loved it!! ㋡

[Senseless whatever]

Outstanding reflective write. The questions all important the imagery not overpowering, simple and pointed as this piece. I especially like the last stanza.