The Heart

He gave her a heart,
the finishing touch,
and he smiled when he was done,
satisfied with his work.

Only a few men in the world have had the chance to shape a woman.

She had yet to blink.
It seemed to him that she took in
all the world with those eyes.
Her heart beat once
and he waited.
It beat again
and he saw that she knew love,
his only goal in life.

It was his greatest achievement.

Her eyes, then,
became alive on him-
sucked him in

and spit him out.

She blinked, and nothing was left of him.