The Only Known Medicine

In the ocean of life
nothing sinks the heart
like a new found loss, - afloat
on top of the deep waters of life

The heart longs to burst open
to empty into the cosmo all that it can not soften
thorns, blades, knives and needles thick an' thin
of life that prick and cut it from within
As  it bleeds only to respond
to the only medicine known -

Time.