«A Poet’s Tender Heart» by Joni Caggiano
love, a raindrop, a snowflake,
or the uniqueness of the flight of the leaf
moon shades of green bringing forth
a canvas within the ocean’s kelp
songbirds sing for both you and me underneath
the power of the same blue sky
black keys suit the music of your
mystifying and powerfully winged words
white keys that are jealous are also poreless
in the face of misery’s tapping
hindering happiness with scarlet seepings
that birth thieves in the friendless dark
like denying rest to a stigmata
whose hands weep from her wounds
thin the skin that covers the allotment
of the tender heart of a beloved poet
better to pierce one’s own heart
than to cause pain, even unknowingly, to a bard
for our spirits question everything and feel all,
bleeding white like the shielding cactus
when to another we somehow bring harm,
our minds bear twisting torment over why
we are birds that know no marginal season
whilst we shed our feathers and forget to fly
proudly in the blaze of that forgotten blue sky
Photo by Joni Caggiano
Joni Caggiano
Joni Karen Caggiano is an internationally published author, poet, and photographer. Her
debut poetry book, “One Petal at A Time,” (Prolific Pulse Press, LLC) was an Amazon
bestseller. She is a three-time Pushcart Nominee and 2024 Best of The Net Nominee. Joni is a
regular contributor to Hotel Masticadores and has collectively contributed to four additional
Masticadores Magazines. On Spillwords, she won Socialite of the Year 2023, 2024, and
Publication of the Month for November 2022 and June 2024, and has been a regular contributor
for five years. Joni’s work appears in a dozen anthologies. Her website is https://the-inner-
child.com.
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