That Heart of Mine
I left my heart somewhere near you
And I guess you haven’t sent him back yet
Or maybe you just haven’t noticed him there
Lying beside you
I laid him by you years ago
I left him there
Thinking he’d come search for me
Leap into my chest once more
But he likes you best
Even in neglect
You’re warmer all over
And you excite him more than I alone ever could
He's attached to you
That heart of mine
As if he longs for company
I guess he knows
That lying by your feet
With the possibility
of your hand in attention
Is better than
A thousand other hands
Less familiar
And unsure
He whimpers occasionally
I hear him now
But the mess around you
Might be so cluttered and dense
That all you hear is rejection
Maybe he's been covered up by it
Buried beneath the debris of your past life
Moments you tried to lose yourself in
People who fell away
Fears you kept close because
you couldn’t quite toss them aside
Feelings, you did the same with
Maybe he finds comfort there
Amidst things that smell of you
Tainted a bit
By the stink of dismissal
But mingled in with a sweetness
That I’d never once denied
He's lonely too
That heart of mine
I'd wish you’d go and notice him
Before he shrivels up
down by your feet
Pathetic and yet forever loyal