{"product_id":"heartdrop-charlz-dela-cruz-9781393322054","title":"Heartdrop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeartdrop\u003c\/em\u003e is a chapbook of poems offered to the Beloved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBetween\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween her eyes and the palpitating moon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis my firmament of desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI watch poems hanging on pink branches, like wind chimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresounding her beauty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the naked earth - half truth, half fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet everything meets in her gaze: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eflowers open their petals to the sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the oceans evaporate back into the sky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA strange type of alchemy where everything\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efinds anything, everything except my throbbing heart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking out at the horizon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the sweltering heat of the desert where I stand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hear the chimes like a soprano of stars, and the wind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efurther affirming her reality, and further\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevaporating myself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto fantasy -- that I leap to faith, biting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe edge of the moon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil her waters extinguish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy fire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI visited my friend who is a scientist\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI visited my friend who is a scientist\u003cp\u003eHe was so busy in the laboratory: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What are you doing?' I asked\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am picking up the remaining pieces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom my last experiment\" he answered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI watched, curious and steady\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'They are like shards of glass, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut soft and bleeding' I said\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, it is my heart\" he replied\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'And what did you discover?' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That nothing in the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis heavier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan a broken heart...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI did not know what to say\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eso I just watched him gather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe pieces of his heart in his hands \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But,\" he explained, \"you should not allow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe mistakes of others\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto take away your crown and kindness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eotherwise, you will become just like them\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo continue to write your own fairytale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecause it is as real as the sun, moon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand stars \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is just that, sometimes, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyour heart needs to be broken\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto let love in.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlz Dela Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1393322050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781393322054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlz Dela Cruz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Charlz Dela Cruz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169954099455,"sku":"9781393322054","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1f76baf-9268-4259-804c-2edce6fbe170.jpg?v=1689655955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heartdrop-charlz-dela-cruz-9781393322054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}