Shattered Poems

Shattered Glass and Broken Promises

Shattered glass and broken promises,
reflections of how plans once made
can suddenly become just memories...
Crystal clear and shining hopes
that sparkle in the mind's array
of hopeful dreams and quiet fantasies.

Thoughts of wine sipped by the fire,
the tenderness of spoken words,
the sweet seduction of an eager soul.
Quiet moments, conversations,
assurances that love would last
but wine soon warms and passion

Shattered Bonds

I thought we were friends, I thought we were close,  
In laughter and secrets, we’d share the most.  
But whispers turned bitter, like shadows at noon,  
My sister's cruel words, like a dark, heavy tune.  
I never thought I would ever lose you,  
Thought bonds were unbreakable, steadfast and true.

Whispering sweet desires in tears that flow like honey through the shattered soul

Whispering sweet desires in tears that flow like honey through the shattered soul,
Giggling, we forget if we laugh or cry in this dance of sacred madness,
The sweet navel of the world tastes so good when the tongue of memories touches it,
How do these fragile and eternal moments lead us directly into the heart of this

Shattered but not Broken

My heart shattered the day my son died
and it has taken months of going through
the motions to feel like I am living again
but I am different as my shattered heart
gets mended by God and my many loved ones
I imagine it pieced together with beautiful patches

Shattered Pieces

It was like a knife to my heart when you said didn’t love me
I was so confused and so hurt
I thought I found the one but I guess I was wrong 
When you said those words my guard went back up
I realized you didn’t want to be here 
So why didn’t you just leave?
Why continue

Shattered Heart

Do you know how it feels to be 
No one's first priority?

The feeling of being alone
While your friends are falling in love.
The time when you needed support 
But no one was there to. 
The anxiety of being accused 
When you did nothing wrong. 
The fear of getting rejected 
By the one you love. 
The pain

Dream Shattered, and Heartbroken

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; [2] To proclaim the acceptable year of

Silence in a Shattered World

Written: July 2, 2025, for contest by: Sara Jama

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Ashen, wispy shades flicker
awash in caliginous candlelight.
His dark eyes peek out from beneath
his lustrous, silky black hair,
While her azure orbs hide behind
long, flowing ebony locks.

Bare bodies
wobble
In hindrance.

We can no longer find words.
The world

Shattered Dreams In The Sky

Dreams were shattered like glass shards,
As innocent lives were pushed into the jaws of death.
Some doctors, engineers, accountants, and bards,
Extinguished were the candles of their breath.

A wife was on her way to meet her spouse,
While the daughters and sons aspired to study abroad,
Alas! Fate destroyed someone's beautiful house, 
As the passengers were destined to embark

Sanctified and Shattered

There’s a war in my chest
with no flags,
no uniforms,
just angels with tired wings
and demons with patient knives.

They don’t scream.
They whisper.
One says "breathe"
The other says "break."

Most days I wake up
somewhere in between—
not holy,
not hellbound,
just surviving.

My smile’s rehearsed.
My eyes lie like a soldier
trained to say “I’m fine”
while bleeding inside the armor.

The angel tells me,
“You’re more than what

Echo of Lost Love

                                            Echo of Lost Love

       

Shattered Coral

Blood of gems
crosses the tides

a fractured tremor
of a weary river

fog of marrow
diluted by tremors

spines chained
to the edges of a coral
sinking deep

stones upon a shore
that quivers

and the body hears
only
a wave
mute
that carves.

Early Summer Hiku 23

                 Early Summer Hiku 23

r -i -p e -n -I -n –g   cherries

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Post 2-0-2-4

Shock!
unreal, unshaken disbelief.
Choice!
the people spoke, 
democracy breathes.
What was promised—
a mirage,
a lie.
False hopes built to divide,
now shattered,
leaving many wide-eyed,
denied,
unrecognized,
lost in the wreckage of the unexpected.
Post 2-0-2-4
A reckoning.
A trauma.
A truth too sharp to ignore.

The Darkened Sky Stole my Tears

"The Darkened Sky Stole my Tears"
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                                The Darkened Sky Stole my Tears

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