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Contest- Heartbroken

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A sense of betrayal finds you insane Moments of silence will bind with the pain Confusion begets the loss of your dreams Tears flow from the eyes in upwelling streams Spinning the mind as the world turns colder As a long, blank stare comes to wash over The distant sound of goodbye is blurred Where nothing is seen and nothing is heard Over it plays as each word is recalled The days become longer, darker, and raw The heart becomes a vessel that's shattered As bits and pieces cry stripped and tattered Loneliness renders a season lived through In a spiraling cloud of residue That claims the light as you wander alone The roots of despair grow into the bone Feeding the dark bane of your tomorrow And will cling to the flesh of your sorrow Nothing is real but the pain in your core Whatever love was, it will be no more

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Date: 7/17/2025 2:24:00 AM
Oh my... how many of these lines describe my soul. The words that got to me were "The roots of despair grow into the bone". You wrote with your usual emotive words. Thank you for your visit to my work. Blessings
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Date: 7/15/2025 7:09:00 AM
Even in smaller ways, I get this! The pit in the stomache, ache in the heart, pressure on the brain, sleeplessness, the toss’n turn, wondering what you did, but not even cricket sound is heard. Great write!
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Date: 7/13/2025 8:34:00 AM
Frederic, dear friend, dear poet, your golden pen captures the sorrow, the numbness, the physical and emotional throes one feels when "Nothing is real but the pain in your core/Whatever love was, it will be no more". Your last couplet a poignant finale to a poetic piece ripe with the grief of love lost. The imagery is palpable in the heart and soul and the music is a haunting accompaniment for the emotions laid bare in your verse. Potent and beautifully sad! Warmest wishes, dear friend.. ~Susan
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Date: 7/14/2025 7:07:00 AM
Susan dear friend, dear poet, thank you for the truly kind words. You have given me comfort with your response as my poetry doesn't receive many comments from the new poets on this site. As for this poem I think we have all had our heart broken at sometime in our lives. Take care dear friend, dear poet...Frederic

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