MY TELL-TALE HEART

In my heart

I keep hearing

         Just tell him

         You love him

         Just tell him

         You love him

Sounding in time

With the beat of my heart

With each thump

         Just tell him

With each bump

         You love him

A sound as audible

A feeling as strong

As my own heart

         Just tell him

And when you come near

It only grows louder

Insistent

         You love him

Like Poe’s tale of the man

Who hears the heart beat

Louder – louder

Until driven to confess

Dark sins

Only, my sin

Is my love for you

With each thump

         Just tell him

With each bump

         You love him

Louder – louder – louder still

I’m being driven closer

To confessing to you

The sin of my tell-tale heart

And just telling you

I love you

 

 

(January 02, 2001 – 11:11pm)

 

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