Shattered and Broken
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For in the end
we are all broken,
falling to moments like this
Scattered the pieces of
love never spoken,
lost in the whispers amiss
Thundercloud feelings
now forming,
save me in spite of my tears
Clouds of the past darken,
constantly storming,
drenched far beneath dampened fears
Caught in a flood
of emotions,
silent the sky bids adieu
Running from tides
now awakening oceans,
ripples remind me of you
Seeing the moon
brightly glowing,
pointing its beams down in shame
Checking a list between
wanting and knowing,
it is my own fault to blame
Why can’t I make
this decision,
here as my world comes a part
Feeling the blade of
your sharpened incision,
slicing a piece of my heart
Oh how I wish I
were blinded,
truly unable to see
Then of these dreams I now
find I’m reminded,
would have no bearing on me
Still there’s a part
that is shaken,
rooted in memories grown
Tossed on the roadside of
shadows forsaken,
hopelessly left all alone
Cast to the depths
that are calling,
no need to look for the dawn
Shattered and broken and
steadily falling,
all since the day you were gone
9/23/19
Written for the: Pick a line, any line Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Richard Lamoureux
‘For in the end we are all broken’ – A line from Richard’s poem “Broken People”
‘Save me in spite of my tears’ – A line from my poem, “So Soft is the Sonnet of Willows”
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