Paper Heart

You arrive in my life

All cool and charming

You were full of intention

Of winning my heart

Well, that’s what I thought

In reality, it wasn’t true

You were only after one thing,

Not my heart, but my money

You strung me along

Played me like a fool

You claimed to love me

And asked me to marry you

I was in love with you

You stole my heart

You made me yours

But took me for a ride

Now I am ashamed

My reputation is ruined

My life is in tatters

And my heart is truly broken

My heart once was strong

Now it’s torn in two

It is weak and fragile

It is my paper heart

Jo Anne Kennedy

February 2016

Inspired by Dickensian and the character of Miss Havisham