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 of getting backstabbed
By your very close ones'.
The times when you cried
But no one really cared about it.
The way you felt lonely
On every class break.
The fear of losing your best friend
Because of another person.
The feeling of getting famous
For things that were not true.
The sadness that comes when
No one feels like themselves.
The thought of accepting your fate
Because nothing is going to change.
The way you feel depressed
Because of another person.
The time when you did things
For others, but it's all wasted.
The pain that you felt in your chest
When all these things happened.
And you know what?
Those are signs telling you
To live for yourself
And not for others.
In a place where love's tender glow once shone,
A girl with a broken heart stands alone.
She wonders why this guy inflicts such pain,
Leaving her bewildered, her tears like rain.
Her heart, once whole, now fragmented and torn,
She questions why she's left so forlorn.
The puzzle of his actions she can't grasp,
Yearning for answers, but they elude her grasp.
She gazes at the stars with tearful eyes,
Seeking solace in the moonlit skies.
Unable to fathom his callous ways,
Her shattered heart a testament, it displays.
Yet within her, a flicker of strength remains,
A resilience to heal from love's cruel stains.
For deep within her tender soul, she'll find,
The power to mend, leave the pain behind.
Though she cannot fathom why he caused distress,
In time, she'll find the courage to progress.
A broken heart, though painful, can still mend,
And love's true beauty, once more, she'll comprehend.
My heart keeps getting hurt
It keeps getting ripped out
and handed me on a silver platter
This last time my heart was hurt
it was shattered into thousands
of tiny pieces
Like Humpty Dumpty, my heart
will never be put back together again
Forever shattered
From this hurt it shall never heal
The future is all I have left to hold onto.
Nothing matters anymore neither my hopes or fears.
Everyone I know seem closer to each other than they are close to me.
No one knows all of the real me.
My real family will be the ones who grow old with me.
No one should ever have to feel ashamed of loving someone.
i search for love in all the wrong places not knowing that it would cost me my heart oh how painful it was as i wash my heart being shattered in to million pieces i waited for someone to come to my rescue and help me put the pieces of my heart back together but no-one came my way and i was left in the cold to die alone i sometimes wonder where do i belong whether here or there i am tossed around like a ragdoll waiting to be held but once they have you they use you they hurt you and throw you away like a useless thing that has never existed why then should they constantly repetitively try and cheer me up when the substance of my joy is you they insisted to advise me to erase you of my mind but i tell them how can i when all that's on my mind its you what is to escape what are we escaping from is it not our nightmares is it what we cannot control is it the fear to lose the ones we love the most or the fear to be left alone and have no-one to be there for us
As I sit here remembering the day we first met
You filled my heart with happiness that I won’t forget
Little did I know you were broken inside
As all I wanted was to be by your side
A beautiful smile and a caring heart
How can anybody tear you apart
Time and time others have been mean
As they don’t know how to treat you like a Queen
Give me your heart so I can caress
As making you happy is what I will do best
Let me take your shattered heart
And mend it together with a loving and caring heart.
Within Shattered Heart, Remained A Fire Still Lit
Beset by grievous sorrows, his past full of sins
facing darkest evil truth, not mind's wishful spins,
what else could a deeply broken man try to do
when lamenting soul was tormented by loss of you?
Life carried on, nights became his one true solace
finding retreat, leaving behind this world's malice,
with his memories of your smile and glowing face
prayers cried out, that no other could your love replace.
Within shattered heart, remained a fire still lit
from its leaping flames, came echoes sent to transmit
depths of soul's faith in someday again meeting you
living life as one, as you both had planned to do.
Always, reality's hope crashing, came to bear
Epic loneliness, he is here, while you are there.
Robert J. Lindley, 7-15-2018
Sonnet, ( Death's Epic Pains That Remain)
In the purplish dark night,
Stars twinkling and gleaming
With the rhythmic randomness...
In the soft breeze and velvety chill
Shivered the frail shrubs
and tiny buds in their sleep...
Romancing the clouds and stars,
Was the moon with his
Irresistible and unignorable glow...
The lake's rustle and ripple
Breaking the silence of the night
So dark, though inviting and tranquil...
There was I, absorbing it all
Trying to forget my loneliness
That made my tears run,
Rolling down like pearls
Deserted by their beloved shell..
Heavy and hurt, there I stood
Recollecting the times when
it was different and beautiful
But now it was just a memory
Like a fragrance left just to feel
Of a flower long withered...
All I had now was just me and.. my shattered heart
You can't fix what's already broken... With that being said, u can't fix my broken heart. You don't kno what it takes to put all the missing pieces back in place. You wouldn't even kno where to start... The broken pieces is like sharp shattered glass. It will cut you if u try to put it back together... You don't kno the pain I been through. The sleepless nights when im up crying because of love. It really hurts to let someone u love go. It hurts even worse when they want u to let them go.. Each piece of the shattered glass isn't worth the tears I've cried. It isn't worth the time I spent late at night thinking how am I going to get through this by myself.. Or why is it always me that gets hurt the most. But I realize that if u let go of someone u love, somewhere down the line you're gonna find someone who actually cares about u. Someone who wouldn't want u to let them go no matter what... It will be a miracle if anyone finish putting the shattered pieces together and heal this broken heart from hurtful memories. Only then will I be completely happy..
From friends to filigree
They all agree
You shattered my heart
I played the fool
And did my part
I allowed your games
From the start
A pound of flesh
In hopes of a new start
A chance to refresh
For all the cupids in heaven
Could not bring us back together
Or settle the score and make it even
All in all I forgive you not
You stole my dignity and left me in a knot
For that I hope there is a special place in hell
For you to rot
They warned me of your eyes,
telling me of each and every lie.
You whispered sweet words into my ears,
making my world stop.
But little did I know you’d steal my heart,
then,
oh so carefully,
tearing it apart.
Remember when you swore to stay?
And with my heart you'd never play.
Although every last word was a lie,
Never will i wish that you would die.
Because of you my heart is shattered.
Broken, beaten, bruised and battered.
I love you still, through this all,
For i shall rise and you shall fall
The pain you caused, of heart and mind,
Is nothing compared to what you will find.
For i rise to heaven, you fall to hell,
Your tormented screams, like churches' bell
This is it, my last words to you.
It's sad but a little funny too.
We are now forever apart,
Just like the shattered pieces of my 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
Shattered Heart
Wish I had a story to tell
But I doubt I could tell it well.
For there’s a wall around my shattered heart,
Scribbled down lines at an attempt to start.
My mind is open but my thoughts aren’t free,
There’s a shadow of mystery surrounding me.
For every time you’re close, I run away,
While spending my days trying to make you stay.
I don’t know when I’ve gained, but I know when I lose,
I run around crazily with my neck in a noose.
I desperately search for what I already got,
But I’m determined to fail when I have a shot.
I’m a distant runner yet I’m standing still,
I’m an open book with a closed seal.
Trained to attack but this dog don’t bite,
I love to pick but hate to fight.
So my greatest advice to you is to let me be,
I’m way too complicated from what your eyes can see.
I’m a shattered heart with no time to heal,
A tortured soul left after a kill.
Too many tears have I cried over you
I’m done I’m through, me and my love are too good for you
You didn’t appreciate my love, it was the best you ever had
You hurt me too much, made me so sad.
You were my everything, I would have did anything for you
In your heart for me, your love wasn’t true
It hurts so bad, what you did to me
Every time I let you in you do the same thing
I waited too long for that ring
I wish these tears would stop falling
Don’t understand why your heart start stalling
One day you will be completely out of my heart
Never again these lips you will part
Oh how could you do this me?
Forever I thought we would be
I loved you with all my heart, you know it’s true
I wasn’t enough for you
What goes around comes around
So please stand your ground
I would never wish on anyone what you did to me
I know in time you will be missing me
You will only have yourself to blame
Such a shame
Well it was fun while it lasted
For the last time my heart you blasted
One day I will smile again
Maybe we can still be friends
A learning experience this has been
If only I had known then
I’m thankful for this, a blessing in disguise
You just mad room the for the right guy
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