Cracked
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
Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2022
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