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Contest- Decrepit

Sponsor- Constance La France

My Heart Became Decrepit

Share your empathy of unbridled dreamlands
    my dear friend
and help me heal my abandoned, decrepit heart
with its peeling, dangling memories
    in my troubled mind

Give me faith for shattered wishes
lead me to meadows of pulsating heartbeats
so I may rest my battered spirit
    in the sun's gentle glow
to find the elation of serenity without pain
where I'll drink the elixir of forgotten promises
that linger still, on the edge of reality
like an unwanted scent of decay
drifting across the cobwebs of love's illusion
where my heart was left ramshackled
from the lips of a stranger's breathless kiss
which dripped honey upon the mouth of betrayal
to leave me a fool in a cold, barren tragedy

Help me, my dear friend, cling to this moment of survival
and not allow me to grovel on the ground of disrepair
    before I fall away from the world
in a remorseful cloud of suffering

Give me hope and reasons for peaceful constraint
so my broken heart can leave this realm
    of dim-lit shadows
that haunt my dejected soul

Wipe away my tear-filled pain
    with your hands of comfort
so I may watch the sunrise again
and find light to repair the pieces of my world
that lay in my decrepit heart in need of repair
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Kurian Avatar
June 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Hello Frederic, Warmest congratulations on winning the contest. Your poem is truly captivating!
Andresen Avatar
June 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
- Congratulations on your win, Frederic :) - hugs
Andresen Avatar
June 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
- A poem I can feel deep in my soul... lovely written, Frederic :) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs
Parker Avatar
June 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thank you Anne for your kind remark...Frederic
Lane Avatar
June 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is as sullenly resplendent as any brokenhearted lines I've ever read from anyone, dear Frederic. To be healed only enough to watch another sunrise is captured in every verse, and your chosen music appropriately suits the mood of your gloom. Excellent entry!
Parker Avatar
June 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
the life of a romantic, to feel way too much, thank you, Lin...Frederic
Empress Avatar
June 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is the third poem im reading today on this prompt, and reading your evocative poem, i finally decided to look up this word and i must say you did an exquisite job using the prompt as inspiration and your words as always are soul stirring! They make me feel so deeply! I especially love "that linger still, on the edge of reality like an unwanted scent of decay drifting across the cobwebs of love's illusion" how heartfelt! It isnt just the poetic nature of your poem that makes this stand out but the emotional rhythm! Best wishes for the contest dear frederick! Sending you light always
Parker Avatar
June 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ink, like a few others, I'm in awe of your poetry and skill at creating emotion with your writing...thank you...Frederic
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