Symbolic Yet Superficial
By Kristine Seelen
Unbroken is the heart I carry on the outside,
tarnished and full of memory.
The band twists around my finger like a serpent
suffocating its prey.
A symbol of love transfixed on its border
exposing the forgotten memories like a novel
filled with painful brooding secrets.
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Once wrappped and concealed beneath two entwining hands,
now removed
it sits alone, as if in loneliness.
Forever resting its burden on my finger
it is a constant reminder
of what we once shared,
now gone,
but never to be forgotten.