Open Heart Surgery Poem by DrTP Sasikumar

I would hide…

The Piggy Bank key,

Let none see it I hoped

I would hide…

Little precious gifts,

Let none see them I hoped

In a place where none will find

The hidden treasures of my life

I would hide…

Little trifles which I valued most,


My secrets rested safe

Within the innermost chamber

Of my precious heart,

As I grew in years

All that was hidden had a place

The key had a place

The lock had a place;

None could find the key

To the chamber of my heart

The safest hiding place,


Now the doctor says

He will open my heart

To remove a small block!

There are secrets

In my heart

That he must never find,

I would rather die

My secrets safe within me

Before I submit to

An open-heart surgery!


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