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Question: Which is sharper, the knife or the heart!?
"Heart Unsheathed"

My heart,
tarnished silver!.
Your touch,
beautifully abrasive,
cutting away metal
to reveal
something
frighteningly alive!.

Breathing
never so terrifying!.
Silver sliced away,
raw emotion
unknown!.

So vibrant,
to look at you
is to die
a little more!.!.!.

except
that your kiss
makes me breathe!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
sometimes one more than the other!.
symbiotic they are!.
!.!.like your poem to lucky ears!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Seems to me that the touch is the most affective thing here!. The touch first abrades the tarnish then more forcefully cuts away the silver entirely!. Nothing except your question makes me want to believe the touch is a knife!. The words 'unsheathed', 'cut' and 'sliced' allude to knives!. However, the sheath is just as easily the silver casement around the heart!. The cut needn't be the result of a knife!. It isn't until we reach the word 'slice' that we become convinced that the touch is an extension of the subject's heart and allows the protagonist to expose his/her heart for the subsequent emotion in which the protagonist relishes (perhaps to his/her detriment)!.

Excellent work!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Express love; how do I !?
I cannot count it,
I cannot measure it,
I cannot explain it;

to express
my feelings
will take more
than mere words!.

My only comparison
can be found
within my
own breath,

for with
each breath
I draw
my life continues,

in each breath
I take
our love
grows!.

Without you
to love
I would be
empty and void,

a shell
beyond repair,
you are my breath
and nothing less

!.!.!. a knife can wound you, possibly kill you!.!.!. but love!.!.!. love owns you!.!.!. love is your soul!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

its very good

reminds me of some dickenson classics mixed with henry thorough !.!.!.

i would say you have a good chance of being published ,

submit to the 'writersguild!.com' for consideration ,

my girlfriend is a member longstanding and they publish new talent all the time

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"So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things!. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!" - James 3:5Www@QuestionHome@Com

Which is sharper, the knife or the heart!?

Must be the heart because this got me right there!
Cheers!Www@QuestionHome@Com

reality the knife is sharper but the poet is trying to say love is sharper, so possibly the heartWww@QuestionHome@Com

I would say---the heart,,,because anything the knife hurts -eventually heals, but not the heart!.!.!.(hhmmmnnn, cheesy me!.!.hehheeh)Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's a good way for people the read your poetryWww@QuestionHome@Com

whats sharper the sword or the mindWww@QuestionHome@Com

the ? by far!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Astoundingly poignant and beautiful, as usual!Www@QuestionHome@Com

U wrote this on your own thats pretty damn good ohh and I guess the hearts sharper than a knife!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ask yourself this, which one would win in a fight!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

its the ?Www@QuestionHome@Com

a really sharp knife is much sharper than a dull heart!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

hearts are never sharp because of love!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the heartWww@QuestionHome@Com

the knife is sharper if you dont put it in a heart!.
nice poem!Www@QuestionHome@Com

that is an awesome poem!Www@QuestionHome@Com

is this a lyric offf some megadeath album!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

umm!.!.!. cool!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com