Forge my heart

Remold it

Cast it into the boiling pits

Take it out of the fire

Drop it into cooling water

Hammer it with brute force

Leave it aside

Tie it to a leather belt

Thus becoming a prized possession

Brandish it

Then throw it into the river

Where it’s lost forever

Lost in the deep depths of undergrowth

Awaiting the return of its owner

Never did he come

Never did he search for it

Never did he worry about it

Because he knew he could easily obtain another

He left it drifting in murky waters

Decades after decades

No one bothered anymore

The burning fire in it has died out

Discarded

Just like that

No kindred soul willing to pick up where it left off

Forge my heart once more

And the vicious cycle repeats itself

When will it ever cease??