Stone Soup

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My heart

All this feeling trapped in this tiny room,

my head preparing for its greatest doom.

The words come at me,

the feelings strike,

the memories roll me,

like wheels on a bike.

All these things mix

with the thoughts of the day.

They jumble up my dreams,

ruin what I say.

Now I know why the room-brain is so very small:

because my heart is big.

That is all.

Aya David-Ramati
Aya David-Ramati, 10
Dublin, Ireland