The Shattered Heart
for a boy who has lost everything multiple times
one would think he would be used to it.
even though he has gone through heartbreak and lies
tears start strolling down from his eyes.
again he has lost something that has hurt the tape around his heart.
as the boy still speaks
he cannot say
as the boy still moves
he is paralyzed.
as the boy starts to re-tape his heart
a piece falls out
the boy holds the piece of his heart in his hand.
realizing just how small the biggest piece was
the boy starts to turn those tears into rivers
flowing down his cheeks
as if the ocean was near.
the boy cant control himself anymore
his lip curls
his nose gets soaked in snot
his bottom lip starts quivering
the pain is to much
the boy screams in sorrow.
the heart, shattering through the tape.
all over the floor the heart sits.
each piece rugged with the cracks of every break
the boy still holds onto the biggest piece
and he walks away.
the rest of his heart
still laying there on the floor
for his heart has turned to glass slivers
that no one will touch
Copyright © Zachery Houck | Year Posted 2015
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