A Second Chance

WHAM!
…no…
Yes
No!
YES
Yes?
Yes.

Tears
Falling faster and faster
No…
All he could say was no
Faster and faster
Inside, tormenting the soul
And faster and faster and faster
RRRRRIIIIIIIIPPPPPP
Torn in two, his heart laid on the floor
FASTER AND FASTER

On his knees
NO!
Fasterandfasterandfasterandfaster
A hole in his chest, where his heart used to be
A waterfall.
He looked up, in her hands
His heart.
He gave her his heart, and she ripped it in two
Pouring down his face as if in a hurricane

Frozen in time
Weeks without moving or thinking
In his puddle of tears
And his broken heart

Hey!
A voice?
He looked up
Another one.
He shied away; trust in them had left with the last
Taptap
What?
His heart, she fixed it.
His face felt funny
What’s this?
A smile.

She placed his heart back in his chest
His heart jumped
No!
He held her hand there
It felt good…he liked it
It was beating faster

She taught him to laugh again
To have fun
To smile
To love.

Again
He tried it again
He gave her his heart.
She looked at him for a moment
Then understood
She took hers
And gave it to him

He was complete.

No?
Yes.
Yes?
Yes.