Shattered

Shattered… That song, those words beginning at the start Cutting you to the quick, tearing through your heart Ripping every essence of your soul apart That writer seen your vulnerability, looked around your head, then read your thoughts you had there in your mind As you sit there listening to the music wishing you could leave all the hurt and pain behind Shattered… Your life as you now know it thrown in disarray And then there are the things that people will inadvertently say You will find that special love meant for just you someday But all things said, listened to, and felt only time can make ease and only then can you let yourself put them away Shattered… The mirror in front of you as your reflection looks back Broken glass revealing a distorted view of the self confidence you lack Now you are bleeding as you lay on the floor flat Because no, not you, can ever give yourself any kind of slack The puzzle piece is now missing and you’re left looking at a changed you, in that mirror, through a crack Shattered… Even though before I didn’t want to I’m now ready to give up you I know this is exactly what I have to do Although I don’t know how to give up the fight And I don’t know how to stop the flight It’s neither wrong nor is it right Shattered… I’m now again alone I’m here on my own I’m picking up my pieces of me and away I’ll go I now reap what I sew I have no regrets of you though I maybe broken, shattered, and low I’ve let you finally go And just wanted you to hear it from me I’m stronger than you will ever know To be