my quiet heart
my quiet heart
rattles and shakes around,
smashes up against my
ribs and
awakens vestigial organs.
it breaths and dances
and rushes;
pounds against my skin.
yet i keep it
within me,
stifle its cries
and act as though
it were quiet,
as if it never felt.
~ Sarah Duignan
Sarah Duignan is 18 years old and entering her second year at Trent University majoring in English Literature. In May 2010 her first poem will be published in Leaf Garden Press. When she’s not writing down poem ideas on napkins and coffee cups, Sarah is running or swimming.
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