My Heart's Hedera
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The hedera is a lovely piece of punctuation primarily found in early Latin and Greek texts. Its purpose was to to signify a break between paragraphs. The hedera can be described essentially as a floral heart. So I am comparing this punctuation mark (which has been assigned to the punctuation graveyard) to a breaking heart. The hedera punctuation can also appear as a dagger.
My heart's hedera [†]
Like two paragraphs
It breaks [selah]
between you and I
It breaks [selah]
and aches just to look at you
It breaks [selah]
when we fight
And you leave for the night
My heart's hedera [†]
Now twain
Let no one put asunder [selah]
What God has bade
It breaks [selah]
An acceptable sacrifice
[Ampersand] we are humbled, broken and contrite
My heart's hedera [†]
It bereaves [ampersand]
As it reads a melancholy missive
It breaks [selah]
and at the end of our dirge
It beats for one last time, then my soul will merge
(And like a hedera [†]
For further breaking and lamenting of this idol factory
(which is also a pariah)
Consult the prophet Jeremiah)
Copyright © Michael Ramel | Year Posted 2024
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