Black Hole Heart

Just a tugging now
and then

Yearning and sighing
I keep it locked in my chest
keep it from spreading
to tingling fingertips

I keep it from tugging the fabric in
collapsing my soul like a black hole
dense and heavy

Inescapable

Just a mini star
frozen and dying
locked up tight
inside my ribcage

Veil of Tears

I have woven my veil
tear by tear
it shields me,
shapes me
clarified
through my sorrows