✨ That’s My Heart Right There

As if, come what may ...

That’s My Heart Right There

We used to say,
That’s my heart right there.

As if to say,
Don’t mess with her right there.

As if, don’t even play,
That’s a part of me right there.

In other words, okay okay,
That’s the start of me right there.

As if, come that day,
That’s the end of me right there.

As if, push come to shove,
I would fend for her right there.

As if, come what may,
I would lie for her right there.

As if, come love to pay,
I would die for that right there.

—Willie Perdomo

From The Crazy Bunch, Penguin Books, Copyright © 2019. Used by permission of the poet. Photo by Cathal Mac an Bheatha, Creative Commons, via Unsplash.