Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 18.218.153.184
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
Being cracked is no better than being shattered or broken. Ask a heart if this is true. ~ Quote by poet ~ Morning broke at the crack of dawn I gave the phrase thought, with a yawn Alluding to sudden daybreak? That logic caused my head to ache A strange idiom for first light Sunrise was such a lovely sight I rose from bed and stretched my back Pondering things that had a crack I saw one on the bathroom floor One that had not been there before I looked into my cracked mirror wishing my image was clearer In the shower I spent a while staring at cracks in the wall tile Had I never noticed the flaws? I wondered, What had been the cause? I cracked an egg, and then I thought Did I just stop a beating heart? When an egg is cracked from within a brand-new life will soon begin But cracked from the outside, life ends and there's no way to make amends I couldn't eat it, scrambled or fried Grabbed my jacket and went outside There was a hopscotch drawn in chalk and hairline cracks in the sidewalk I stepped over all that I could It took me back to my childhood Days of playing with my stuffed bear To times when I didn't have a care When I rode on ponies, barebacked without noticing things were cracked Some can be fixed; some never mend Some leave us shattered in the end Ask a heart that has been broken by odious words ill-spoken It will say, "From a crack I bleed. My destiny has been decreed." Anything cracked loses its strength when from love, it's held at arm's length January 20, 2022 C Form - Couplet Contest Chosen Theme - Cracked Sponsor: Constance LaFrance Syllables checked with HMS
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required