Bleeding Hearts

They're beautiful,
She said
Studying the delicate flowers.
Bleeding Hearts.

The gangland mother screams
After feeling
Her sons last breath.
Bleeding Hearts.

The surgeon
Cradled the beating organ
As he searched for the bullet.
Bleeding Hearts.

The protesters carried signs;
Wanting healthcare
For All.
Bleeding Hearts.

Blood soaking
The sand
Of very foreign soil.
Bleeding Hearts.

Tears dropped on the stars
As the Chaplin
Handed her the flag.
Bleeding hearts.