I'd Cut Up My Heart

She Could Not Ignore Life. She Had To Live It And It Was Too Brutal, Too Hostile, For Her Even To Try To Gloss Over Its Harshness With A Smile

His Voice Stopped And They Looked For A Long Quiet Moment Into Each Other's Eyes And Between Them Lay The Sunny Lost Youth That They Had So Unthinkingly Shared.

And Apologies, Once Postponed, Become Harder And Harder To Make, And Finally Impossible.

I'd Cut Up My Heart For You To Wear If You Wanted It.

Like Most Girls, Her Imagination Carried Her Just As Far As The Altar And No Further.