Absent is the mind: but not my nostalgic heart br I think with my heart: mind and heart miles apart br The rule of law a must for society’s civil order br Give me love for my daily chaotic disorder br br Not a rioter burning and slashing tires br But deep feelings within burst with poetic fires br Sleepless nights in awe and wonder br Stoking the heavenly loud thunder br br Love me and leave me, love me again br Leave me once more and parade my pain br It has been said to love once better that not br To love at all like a fish out of water caught br br I celebrate the whole of my bruised pride br My merry go round dizzying human ride br What is one more dagger piercing my heart? br At least I loved and in return boredom fell apart br br Ah the poet never gets tired from dwelling on old themes br What is old for some is new in my revolving dreams br Yes to dreams in the plural to love many times over again br The price of pain is far less from what the heart has to gain br br In this spirit I dedicate this poem to all hearts broken br From love unrealized and quietly to the hurt unspoken br I am an old soul who has travelled this road many times br At the end it is the journey that makes my heart climes br br Love me and leave me, love me again br Leave me once more and parade my pain br It has been said to love once better that not br To love at all like a fish out of water caught br br I celebrate the whole of my humbled pride br My merry go round dizzying human ride br I welcome one more dagger piercing my heart! br At least I loved and in return boredom fell apart br br Words are made to be used abused and misused br Why not bemused my stanzas with as many as I choose br Like many void love affairs with a definite check –out time br Lesson learned I'll wait for her, the one true perfect rhyme! br br br July 22,2013- - br Copyright Leaking Pen 2013- -br br Leaking Penbr br