"I don't think that being a strong person is about ignoring your emotions and fighting your feelings. Putting on a brave face doesn't mean you're a brave person. That's why everybody in my life knows everything that I'm going through. I can't hide anything from them. People need to realise that being open isn't the same as being weak."

- Taylor Swift

Saturday, October 13, 2012

rabbit heart

You turned a lion hearted kitten
Into a rabbit hearted girl

But I don't mind
Your kiss is a rabbit's foot
In my pocket

And in the luxury 
Of my interrupted memories
I see the ecstasy 
Of new-found epiphanies 

My rabbit heart is in your keeping
Outside of my body
I would do anything to protect it
And I would die without it

A kit is helpless
But worthless
I stand on my own two feet
Only to be shot for my pelt

Who is the lamb and who is the knife? 
At any rate
You and I are still rather harebrained

But despite our jackal love
You are the Dauphin
And I am not your Dauphine

You turned a lion hearted kitten
Into a rabbit hearted girl

But I don't mind
Your kiss is a rabbit's foot
In my pocket

Inspired by Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up) by Florence + the Machine
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2 comments:

Adelaide Dupont said...

Thought Rabbit Heart was a very original poem.

Yes, a kit is a baby rabbit. Such pink things they are!

"Jackal love".

That "helpless"/"worthless" verse really shows the difference between the narrator and a kit.

Keep beating rabbit heart!

Adelaide Dupont said...

Loved the elements of the monogamous animals like the Mandarin ducks and the jackal.