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The weighty hand of death crushes the core of your being, sending a shiver slithering up your spine like a cold serpent. And an empathic moon slips quietly away, letting darkness conceal the tears pooling in your eyes. Your heart is numb; you feel absolutely nothing; there is no anger, no hate, no feelings at all, just an all-consuming emptiness where your heart should be. Abandoned to your dreams and nightmares, life has lost all meaning; it just is. Death has reduced you to a broken shell, a hollowed-out heart that is falling apart piece by piece. For; love has receded into memory's maze of bittersweet moments and forever dreams. And as pain breaks through to your reality, a landslide of hurt pushes you toward oblivion. Acid tears burn your cheeks; like rivers of fire, corrosive enough to dissolve hope and tarnish your soul. Tossed away, like the bitter dregs of yesterday's coffee, your self-esteem is in free fall, a feeling impossible to describe. Crumbling into a fetal position, you hug your knees, And rhythmically rock back and forth, teetering on the edge of despair. Your soulmate is gone; Death has left a hole in your heart, and you’re unsure if time will ever fill it. Your breathing becomes erratic; panic is rapidly taking control, yet you fight back, slowly regaining your faculties. But your heart harbors excruciating emotional pain, and the tears spontaneously flow again. You cannot comprehend how you’ll continue your life; there are no more tomorrows to be shared, only yesterdays to recall. You have never felt so helpless and vulnerable; the best part of you has died; now, grief consumes your heart.

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Date: 1/26/2020 8:51:00 PM
This was a deep dive from the hearts pedestal that made me feel the emptiness and abandonment word by tragic word. Love your poetry. Lonna
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Date: 1/26/2020 9:32:00 PM
Thanks so much Paula, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.
Date: 1/20/2020 3:07:00 PM
Deep and wonderful imagery, Emile, congratulations on your win! Hugs Eve
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Date: 1/20/2020 3:59:00 PM
Thanks Eve, as always I appreciate your support, my friend, Emile.
Date: 3/19/2018 11:05:00 PM
Raw emotion. Well done, Emile.
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Date: 3/20/2018 8:56:00 AM
Thanks Line, I appreciate your support, as always my friend, Emile.
Date: 1/9/2018 10:32:00 AM
wow, great one, congrats ;)-luloo
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Date: 1/9/2018 11:23:00 AM
Thanks Luloo, your friendly support keeps my poetic dreams from collapsing my friend, Emile.
Date: 1/7/2018 8:21:00 AM
Been there - done that. What a magnificent write Emile, captures the absolute deceit of betrayals ugliness. congrats on your placement in the contest
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Date: 1/7/2018 10:19:00 AM
Thanks John, I greatly appreciate your comments and support my friend, Emile.
Date: 1/6/2018 6:29:00 PM
Extremely deep and moving. Hard to believe we successfully pull ourselves together after heartless betrayal. Superbly written, Emile.
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Date: 1/6/2018 6:33:00 PM
Thanks Line, I appreciate your comments and support my friend, Emile.
Date: 1/6/2018 12:51:00 PM
Emile, you convey the depth of sorrow that is felt with a broken heart so profoundly in this graphic piece! I can easily see why it is so high up on the winner's list. A very deserved congratulations my friend! "Acid tears burn my cheeks like rivers of fire corrosive enough to dissolve hope and tarnish my soul." Wow! I am so impressed! xxoo
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Date: 1/6/2018 1:56:00 PM
Thanks Connie, I bask in the warmth of your praise my friend, you are too kind, Emile.
Date: 1/6/2018 8:39:00 AM
Another fine win with this amazing poem, really touches the heart, so descriptive in it's imagery, congrats on a fine second place win!
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Date: 1/6/2018 8:49:00 AM
Thanks so much John, you have brought a smile to my day my friend, Emile.
Date: 10/27/2017 10:04:00 PM
Well done Emile, enjoyed second time round even more, congrats on a winning poem, I knew it!
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Date: 10/28/2017 10:01:00 AM
Thanks John, I truly appreciate your comments and support my friend, Emile.
Date: 10/17/2017 10:19:00 PM
Very powerful and heart-wrenching write - Best wishes and big congrats on your well-earned win, Emile - keep up the great poetry, my friend! :-)
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Date: 10/18/2017 9:03:00 AM
Thanks Gregory, your comments and support are most appreciated and welcomed my friend, Emile.
Date: 10/17/2017 1:22:00 PM
Emile, congratulations on your win in my contest with this excellent and emotional write, well done !
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Emile Pinet
Date: 10/17/2017 2:24:00 PM
Thanks so much Broken, I appreciate the opportunity to enter your contest and compete with such talented poets, Emile.
Date: 10/16/2017 9:03:00 PM
Congratulations on your win, Emile, hugs Eve
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Date: 10/17/2017 9:44:00 AM
Thank you Eve, and may I offer you congratulations on your winning poem as well, good job my friend, Emile.
Date: 10/16/2017 4:53:00 PM
Hi Smile, Congratulations on your 2nd place win in the "Broken Hearted Poem contest ". It was well deserved- Alexis
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Date: 10/16/2017 7:19:00 PM
Thank you very much Alexis, I appreciate it my friend, Emile.
Date: 10/13/2017 10:42:00 PM
Oh Emile! This describes it perfectly..."a hole in my heart". Exactly. I read it and wept though my tears were dry. It seems I am all cried out. GL in the contest. I think it's a winner.
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Date: 10/14/2017 10:13:00 AM
Thank you Carole, I'm sorry if this poem touched a nerve my friend, but as always I appreciate your comments and support and wish you well, Emile.
Date: 10/13/2017 8:53:00 PM
Very powerful write Emile, so real it's hard to imagine these are not real feelings and emotions you experienced personally, if not an even more impressive write, WILL do well in the contest!
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Date: 10/14/2017 10:11:00 AM
Thanks so much John, your comments and support are always most appreciated and welcomed my friend, Emile.
Date: 10/13/2017 3:27:00 PM
Such intense imagery in this very hard hitting poem Emile - am adding it to my faves it is so powerfully penned. Good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 10/13/2017 6:11:00 PM
Thank you Jan, your comments and support are always most appreciated my friend, Emile.

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