The Shattered Token Poem by CHRISTOPHER MUDIENYI

I gave my whole heart as a token.
It came back totally broken,
I offered it because it mattered,
But it was brought back shattered,
I had properly and smoothly buttered it,
Like buttered bread but she bartered it,
Bartered my heart for all that glittered,
All the harm she never filtered,
All the pain that shattered my heart,
A painful pain that left me so hurt,
It was my one and only beautiful gift,
With my hands I could confidently lift,
Only now that I realize I was swift,
I should have given myself time to sift,
Sift through the trash not to fall,
This fall is not for us, who are tall,
Mum, I wish to you, I would make a call,
A call that I would always and always recall,