Long Brokenly Poems

Poems about Things that Break II
 
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter.
 
 
 
Water and Gold
by Michael R. Burch
 
You came to me as rain breaks on the desert
when every flower...

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Sigh # 14

She said there’s beauty in the ashes of our fire
And if I didn't see the truth, I would be a liar
But I’m stuck inside the embers of this love
While she is outside the...

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Sonnet: The Ruins of Balaclava
by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Oh, barren Crimean land, these dreary shades
of castles?once your indisputable pride?
are now where ghostly owls and lizards hide
as blackguards arm themselves for nightly...

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I walk across the rugged and yet smooth jaw line, that becomes a trail in the 
desert,

Smooth, yet under my feet your hair gently touches me, and I giggle at the mere 
touch,

Dare I to...

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We met on the battlefield with a closed heart and open mind
Like a solider charging into battle we moved in totally blind
We commanded our passions our fears and our doubt
Winning or losing the contest is...

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Frightened and tired
his eyes stare into the distance
as he once again faces reality
in the ghastly fate that dealt its lot.
Beads of sweat fall down like stars;
like the storm pounding outside his window.
This is the dawn...

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I stand here silent there before you…. your tears, they mean nothing to me….



It seems as though you fear me…taking your life…?

Your life is so small and insignificant, it holds no meaning at all….

You soul...

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Fingers tremble in the air and my sight is vision caught: 
A lifeline stretch’s winding as the river deep,
It’s all an invisible net begins in my heart.
That’s me standing with an outstretched hand.

And you’re standing...

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Her beauty was envied by maidens in her town,

She sparkles like a diamond on her purest charm.

Her scent is like a honeysuckle stings on every man.

No one  can replace the sweetness of her smile.

But...

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After all these years we're still remain.
In love with each other day by day.
Ups and downs have came in our way.
Storm and chaos we both regain.

So many pieces of brokenheart.
We still gather and make them...

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Lil white flakes falling to the ground,
Covering the dead roses all around.
Healing the wounds left by your knife,
Salvation for the poor, mourning girl's life.

Petals fall like dust from a forsaken angel's wings;
Beautiful like the song...

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Vast expanses of landscape
brokenly glimpsed
through darkened glass,
imposed behind the spectre
of my facial reflection;
out there in the wilderness
truth burns like a beacon,
faith sears like a branding iron,
history seethes in the rocks.

I see the galloping dead,
headless horsemen...

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