Dave Bonta's "All heart" starts with simple, tender things: a rose and a puppy, both needing care. The repetition of "to look after" gives these lines a gentle, almost singsong feel, and the speaker says plainly that they brought joy. But the detail "half drunk" shifts the tone. The happiness seems a little blurred, maybe loosened by drink, maybe not entirely steady.
The last two lines turn more serious. "God knows" sounds like a confession, as if the speaker is admitting what others can't see. The heart is described in two clashing ways: a "fancy music," which suggests playfulness and ornament, and "full of death," which is heavy and dark. The title makes the heart the poem's real subject. Together, the images suggest a person who can feel delight in small, living things while also carrying grief or awareness of mortality. The mood is tender, wry, and quietly unsettled, with joy and darkness sitting side by side.