my heart is clutched in love’s barbed thorns
trying to protect itself and me from the always looming hurt
I wait and I wait
In vain
There’s no escape and there’s no hurt
A prince on his modern iron horse is there to protect me
not at all impressed with the bloody piercing things
Like slaying a dragon, he frees me from the evil piercing veil
nursing my wounds with healing kisses
reflections of an unquiet mind 