Tim Ryerson Poet Free verse

Missing: Pieces of Me

SPLINTERED HEART 

like a leg severed, ripped loose:
the phantom limb throbs and aches
knowing yet unwilling, unable to accept
that it's only a ghost playing evil pranks

sitting frozen and paralytic
from the weight, the frightful weight
dragging, forcing down the head
welding chin to collarbone...
heavy, crushing feeling on the chest
punishing pressure on the heart
a heart at the point of imploding...

alarm clock crying, screaming:
time warp between sleep and awake
when not yet aware of where one is
not yet aware of what or who one is
a split-second reprieve until----

(oh, it really did happen
oh, I don’t have a leg now
oh, you have been torn loose
taking pieces of me with you)

it has been proven medically:
people with life threatening seizures
can eventually function normally
with half of their brains removed

not so with a splintered heart
not so with half a heart...


Submitted for: Catie’s Free Verse Extravaganza contest
Theme: Half a Heart

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Funom Makama May 16, 2016 at 10:24 AM Salute to your pen and a well done to the mind out of which this sea of wisdom emanated. A definite 7

Luke Irwin February 28, 2016 at 7:05 PM Another great write. Kudos!

Funom Makama February 18, 2016 at 9:03 AM This is wonderful and lovely. Nice poetry here dear friend.

Andrea Dietrich January 29, 2016 at 8:37 PM wow, GREAT writing, and to think I never even know you had this gem posted. I see you won with Catie. No small accomplishment, my friend. BIG congrats to you, belatedly.

Poet Destroyer A January 22, 2016 at 11:41 PM TIM, congratulations on your win!!! XOX ~LINDA~

Susan Gentry January 15, 2016 at 2:26 AM Oh my! Congratulations first on win in contest! Second, this is very well-written, so sad and descriptive, an excellent poem but so so sad. A 7

Teddy Kimathi January 13, 2016 at 7:55 AM Hi Tim. Congrats for your placement in the contest, with this wonderful verse! ;-)

Skat A January 12, 2016 at 11:25 PM Tim,, awesome win... :) SKAT

Hansteven Selfa January 12, 2016 at 8:00 AM Congratulations on winning in the Free Verse Extravaganza contest Tim! -Hans :)

Dr. Upma A. Sharma January 12, 2016 at 3:13 AM Congrats on ur awesome win Tim..

Elaine George January 11, 2016 at 2:24 PM I knew this would be on the winner's list, Tim. Very touching!!! Many congrats. Elaine

Dalia Shahein January 9, 2016 at 6:32 PM Oh my dear this is so deep and painful , touchy but very powerful though , great write my friend, , best of luck in the contest ,hugs / / :) dalia

Richard Lamoureux January 9, 2016 at 8:24 AM A very impactful write! I think this will do well.

Nette Onclaud January 8, 2016 at 9:54 AM tim, i am awed by the emotional and physical angst of this piece... the heart heals in time... much enjoyed!..huggs

Anne-Lise Andresen January 8, 2016 at 7:31 AM - Heartbreaking, Tim - A child who died will always be missed, you carry it with you in your heart - Luck in contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Kp Nunez January 8, 2016 at 6:28 AM Oh, this is so pain-filled, Tim. The debilitating effects of physical trauma cannot equal that of psychological and emotional pain of a broken heart. Great write! 7 for me. All the best in the contest. hugs!

Lin Lane January 8, 2016 at 5:02 AM We take a risk when we give away a piece of our heart. It's a terrible pain when it's not returned, or worse, when it's crushed. Well done, Tim.

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser January 8, 2016 at 4:05 AM Tim, I feel the heaviness of each line, the possible incoming attacks...powerful and mind bugging with the imagery and message......................... excellent! marked 7 for me..~OLive Eloisa smiles! =`)