Profound Emotions
people cheapen the deepest –
most profound emotions
they use words –
as if words are free
of course words are powerful
and words have an expense
‘i love you’,
should cost more than pence
they looked around at who they were
like it was second prize
instead of the care
they sell themselves completely short
and, ‘heartache’,
that is easily caught
a value,
something worth fighting for
people cheapen the deepest –
most profound emotions
and have no courage
with all the conviction of a politician
James Garratt – 2013
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Profound Emotions – Undated but most likely written late 2013 (Aged 38)
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