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Contest- Heartbroken

Sponsor- Constance La France

Emotions of the Heartbroken

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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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La France Avatar
August 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Frederic, congratulations on your win in my Heartbroken contest, I love your music, and your words are beautifully penned ~
Alex Avatar
July 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"The heart becomes a vessel that's shattered As bits and pieces cry stripped and tattered" - Very powerful words are used. Congratulations!
Onclaud Avatar
July 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
an ouchie but a beauty dear frederick!
Manassian Avatar
July 17, 2025 at 2:24 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
Rodrigues Avatar
July 15, 2025 at 7:09 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!
Ashley Avatar
July 13, 2025 at 8:34 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
Parker Avatar
July 14, 2025 at 7:07 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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