Hamlet of My Heart

I have regained clarity

and repossessed the hamlet

of my still beating heart

that of which I left with

cruel, reckless abandon

too long ago, allowing

an outlander to reign,

roam, stake claim and

scoff - subdued disaster

begging, vying for

acceptance, credence

how arrogant to call my truth

a hoax, a game, a ploy

the glimmer of an innocent dawn

brings about the gentle

reacquisition of my heart,

my hamlet, my home