Heartbreak Repair Kit

Despite endless attempts to avoid it
We can't sidestep it forever
At one point or another
We all sail into stormy weather

When your ticket gets punched
You'll be flooded with sadness
Turbulently twisting and turning
In a constant state of madness

Next comes the hardest part
Your ticker just can't take it anymore
Furiously feeling the crack in your heart
Misery making you crumble to the floor

Dragged down into the depths of despair
Searching for a watershed moment
Surely there is a solution out there
To put your pain into postponement

Fortuitously stumble upon a toolbox
Time to tune up your heart
Grab the Elmer's glue for the fracture 
Then duct tape other pieces that fell apart

Subsequently realize who sent the repair kit
Sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, fathers, and mothers
All chipped in to cobble it together because
Heart splinters get sealed with love from others
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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De Beaulieu Avatar
December 27, 2022 at 10:30 AM
Hello Mike Oleary, I like this poem. I also like the last two lines of this poem. Enjoy your day my friend.
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December 27, 2022 at 3:24 PM
Hello Mike Oleary, Happy New Year. You are welcome. Enjoy your evening my friend.
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December 27, 2022 at 1:46 PM
Thanks Darlene
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