Locked Away

My heart wanders repeatedly.
It’s why I try to keep it on a leash.

Everytime I let it go,
It comes back wounded and broken.

When I question it,
I get no reply.
Constantly I try to find
The reason for its pain
But all I get is the blank echo
Of something that has died.

This time, as I let it go,
I followed behind it
To find the cause
Of it’s repeated suffering.

First, it stopped
at the garden of love,
Full of lusty fruits and lush blossoms.
It seemed to have found its end,
And delighted in its find,
While I rejoiced secretly.

But then thirst invaded its throat
And it wandered past
The boundaries of sanity.
I came upon it
Drinking of the waters
Of betrayal.

And it wept
As it drank,
And I wept alongside.

Now it stays
Locked away
In a gilded cage,
Safe from the eyes of passers by
Safe from beguilement
Of any sort.