Broken down heart

I break down

 eyes fall closed 

   despite all efforts to notice the words

written on a board at the speed of light

It's harder to stay awake 

 when every delicate part of my heart is dying 

I tell myself over and over again

  you can do it 

But the pain grows a fire

    raging strong

I can't sleep at night 

 my eyes fall when I need to ignore the dying parts

   of my broken-down heart

wait for good times 

  to seal up the wounds and mend the heartache

With smiles and hugs from friends

  in stolen moments between

school, work, and sleep

I find time to grow like a sunflower 

 out into the blue sky 

   away from the rubble 

that is what is left 

 Of my broken down bleeding a river into the sea

  Heart