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Written 2 March 2026 for  Broken Heart Poetry Cotest of Seth Pina 

Broken Heart


when our eyes greeted each other 
           for the very first time
outright a shining spark sprang 
            from the depth of our heart
alike to the first blossom of spring
            that banished the wintry chill
roused the peak of delight
	      seeming to show our destined way
with promises of long enduring
              sweet summer sunshine
wishes to thread the matrimonial web
 	      after the coming spring
desires to sow the seeds
	     of a few lovely flowers
 willing to dispense all due care
	      needed to see them grow up and bloom
as the joy of our heart
	     the sunshine of our life

alas a parental wall of concrete
	    erected at her end
hedged our view like a steep mountain
             while her quivering spirit
unwilling to oust the umbilical chord 
            opted to direct her black Excalibur
towards the crest of my chest
             shattering my heart to pieces
 transforming it to a slice of flesh
	      pricked by an arrow`s pin
 sealing a scary scar
	      deep and profound,
  that resounded bluntly, mockingly
	      in stillness of the night

the shattered pieces
	     lay scattered on the grass and pebbles
 a mirror reflecting a fractured self
	      with shuddering shadows stretching
 where bright sunlight used to shine

severed by her sparkling sword
	    of silently shunning away
the flame of love was lost in the air 
              with pearly drops not dripping,
but hanging on edge of my eyes like frost
	       with my breast flaring up
 like flashes of lightning       
  	        on reminiscence of the dismal plight
  to which she had hurled me
	        one gloomy night

  my mind was veiled with a cloud
	       of damp deep darkness,
   all along my path, grey shades did collide
               with thoughts dulled
 by wide strata of bleakness
               my shattered spirit 
on the dull drowning downside
               with life seeming shrouded
 in a white whimsical mist of despair 
               a woeful drama of suffering 
with an unknown destiny

a sorrowful silence settled 
               where our laughter used to linger
 hollow echoes reverberated 
              in the favourite spots
where we lazed at rest
               I searched the edges of the trees
for some hidden memory
              that might disperse
this overwhelming gloom
	       but to no avail
	
after several solitary springs
	      that succeeded the cold winters
I learnt to breathe again
               cooler and thinner air
 though in a different sphere
	        scanning the inner depth
within my inner self
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Dietrich Avatar
March 5, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Lots of descriptive emotive imagery. Well done, Krish
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