The Hidden Heart Of Me Poem By Julia Rawlinson May 2026

The poem follows a systematic AABB (couplet) structure, with a variation in the final stanza. This regularity mimics the act of "holding it together"—the rhyme is the skin, the meaning is the hidden heart.

So if you ask me what I feel, Know that the answer is not real. The true reply is slow to start— It is the hidden heart of me. the hidden heart of me poem by julia rawlinson

The "wild roots" think and believe. The "shadow" in the final stanza is addressed as if it were a living companion. This personification defangs the scary aspects of the subconscious, turning the hidden self into something that can be spoken to, rather than feared. The poem follows a systematic AABB (couplet) structure,