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The Heart That Watches Alone | A Soulful Short Poem

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The Heart That Watches Alone

The Heart That Watches Alone

My hand has burned in the fire,
My two eyes have drowned in the invisible spring;
By what virtue, O Life,
Have you sent this heart—turned to ashes from the blaze of straw—
To wander alone and watch in silence?

I have never feared sorrow—
Fear broke long ago!
The thorn of happiness once pierced this heart;
In that very happiness I still live.

And yet I die each day,
Yet I live on—
Stricken by some nameless sorrow.

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