Fragile Hearts

Feeble souls can make poor decisions without thinking
Regretting life altering choices without even blinking
About the time winter came she grew delicate and frail
Growing farther away and ending up in internal jail
Insubstantial hearts can break with such strong ease
Love couldn’t save her then she died out in the freeze
Even the decrepit are blind to life’s gentle fragility

Her thinking she was careful with her morbidity
Ethereal love for herself broke her linked chains
And even in the end my constant self-pity remains
Rivers of vulnerability flows deep within my soul
Tenderly and quietly she died with an endless hole
Suicide is for the fragile hearts that have taken a toll


Fragile Hearts Contest
October 14, 2016

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 10/25/2016 8:27:00 AM
Such sadness in your Acrostic, Laura. Again you have relayed your endless heartbreak in this moving poem. Congratulations on your placement in the contest. Hugs, Sandra
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Date: 10/17/2016 7:13:00 PM
Such and sad and yet tender poem with deep understanding for those who suffer.
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Date: 10/15/2016 12:13:00 PM
This moving poem speaks volumes about your deep sense of loss...
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Date: 10/15/2016 12:09:00 AM
Your poems always bring a tear to my eyes. You really pour your heart into your writes. This is an amazing piece.
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Date: 10/14/2016 7:43:00 PM
Love could've save her ...very touching Laura, excellent Acrostic
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Date: 10/14/2016 10:09:00 AM
There are too many fragile hearts hidden, lonely and lost. Touch them all.
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Date: 10/14/2016 9:19:00 AM
So very sad and lonely feeling, this one grabbed me by the heart and would not let go. Really well written Luloo
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Date: 10/14/2016 9:13:00 AM
This is extremely affecting luloo, that last line slayed me.
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