Broken Heart

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Broken Heart

my heart was slowly broken,
i felt it break apart,
my chest opened up like a cavern,
and i felt that which was once whole,
fall out,
piece by precious piece. 

there was no stray thought to my feelings,
or if id be okay in the end, 
u just went about your business,
as if nothing had happened between us,
as if,
we had never been.

when you left i gathered the pieces,
i tried to repair what was left of my heart,
i tried so many ways it wasn't funny,
from glue to duct tape i tried,
to repair that which had shattered,
never guessing the truth.

i had been told that if something was broken,
not to fix it,
because once something has broken,
it is easier to damage in the future,
and a shattered heart,
alas, it cannot break anymore.

so here i stand,
holding the pieces of my heart,
offering it to you,
and jumping into the lake of the unknown, 
headfirst and trusting,
that you will repair and take care....

of this fragile..... hopeful.... broken.... heart.


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BrokenHeart2009 commented on Broken Heart

12-29-2010

That is very sad, but hopeful at the same time. I think broken hearts are one of the most difficult emotions to deal with. One does feel like their chest is caving in. A beautiful write:)

leigh14

04/20/2011

touché :) and i am sorry that you yourself have had to go through that, if that was what you were implying, but i think that you cant ever properly love when it hasn't been taken from you and you know finally what you have lost... so i think philosophically that we all must experience heartbreak in order to truly appreciate that which we have lost, and that which we will find as a much stronger feeling in the future... knowing that you have lost it before tends to encourage feelings to be stronger and help you to make a stronger bond, much stronger than any initial feelings you may have had :)

sk8erpoet commented on Broken Heart

10-24-2010

this is great..i agree with lady.......beautiful....great write...sk8

leigh14

10/24/2010

thank you sk8

LadyLuck commented on Broken Heart

09-20-2010

beautiful, Damn i dont know what else to say and i need 50 characters! Oh there! no words for it other than BEAUTIFUL

leigh14

09/21/2010

ty very much lady... that is so heartening.... that is the first one i have written for a while

dahlusion commented on Broken Heart

09-17-2010

"love lost at such a cost, give me things that don't get lost"—Neil Young. "i tried so many ways it wasn't funny, from glue to duct tape"—poetically beautiful. Peace and Light, dah

leigh14

09/18/2010

thank you so much... ur comment was very much appreciated and i agree... critiques do mean a lot to us poets.....

Musicmynded1 commented on Broken Heart

09-17-2010

.......................................................................this..... tied to my favorites...

leigh14

09/18/2010

thanks love

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

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