Half-Priced Heart

And there it sat upon the shelf
of a lonely, longing mind.
A heart was hidden among the clutter,
Sitting there for someone to find.

Every other heart was being taken
As the days passed by so slow.
The lonely heart would be all by herself,
So small, nobody would know.

In the back corner the little heart sat
convinced that for anyone she'd never suffice.
Her sorrows were confirmed late on night
when she was placed on a shelf marked "half-priced."

"That's it" she thought, "No one wants me,
I have no other place to go."
Just then a handsome face peered over her own,
And with gentle hands, picked her up just so.

Before carrying her out he put down some bills,
The bigger hearts thinking it strange.
With her in the pocket of his coat closest to his heart
he walked out and said "Keep the change."

She knew she was loved, she knew she was home,
She knew that they would never part.
For who else but her true love,
would pay full price on a half-priced heart?