Broken China




Broken China is the second solo and final album by Pink Floyd’s keyboardist Richard Wright – it is a concept album based on Richard’s then wife Mildred’s battle with depression

Broken China 
02/02/2025

Breaking water ripples beneath the moon,
A night of a thousand furry toys
scattered across the floor of her mind—
foggy fear tugs at the fringes,
like a runaway tide,
gripping her heart with cold hands.
The world feels more and more 
like unfair ground,
her little ark lost in the black cloud,
drifting too far from the lighthouse,
unable to find safe shores.
She is a woman of habit,
But tonight, her norm is shattered
there is no respite
Only the drone of endless waves
Of expectations crushing over her.
Drowning,
Yet straining to reach the rail
that never seems to appear.
The blue room empty of light,
longing for radiant times
that never come—
she waits, desperately
fighting for a breakthrough
unsought, weight of hope
elusive as a butterfly
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Rodrigues Avatar
April 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Imagery of normal things ebbing and flowing, fluttering, foggy, filling the space that remains in the dark. Well done!
Kibble Avatar
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Thank you for your visit and comments Kim. Depression is such a sea-saw battle. GBY
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