Caused My Heart to Bleed
Not about who you are, or where you’ve been,
or what you’ve seen, or when your huge creative
act is going to freak out the Earth.
It’s that you’re still here—still stepping two tone with
the air, keeping you alive vs the reamers who darken the
pest of thought—fighting for your death.
Is the poem a city?
Is a dream the world?
I just react to tenderness with a
tear of remembrance…
A one-night burst of love, a twenty
year obsession…A ten-year scourge.
I place upon myself for being loving &
anxious; Suicidal? Yea—I tried that.
Failed doing that too…
Dan Provost’s poetry has been published both online and in print since 1993. He is the author of 17 books/chapbooks, including Getting Your Bell Rung released by Luchador Press, in July 2025. Notes From the Other Side of the Bed was published by A Thin Slice of Anxiety Press in early 2025. His work has been nominated for The Best of the Net three times and has read his poetry throughout the United States. He lives in Keene, New Hampshire with his wife Laura, and dog Bella.
