Broken – Poem of the Month – May 2022

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Broken

Broken like the wing
of an injured bird
Broken is the silence
of words never heard

Broken like branches of a tree
slowly bent and withered
Crippled by the performance
You so cruelly delivered

Feeling shattered and
broken in a thousand parts
It is the sliver of glass
that is optimism in my heart

A heart left in pieces
after you rendered your speech
You have exited my world
and you are now out of reach

I struggle to sweep away
the fragments of a dream
Scattered in explosion
A world of hope to redeem

Broken is my spirit
at the end of this line
Broken is this heart
You took what was mine


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Sanaa is hosting Open Link Night at D'Verse Poets tonight.
I wrote this poem about four years ago.

Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

33 thoughts on “Broken – Poem of the Month – May 2022”

    1. Thanks for the song Ivor. What an unusual voice he has. I hadn’t heard him before, but I liked it very much 😊💕

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    1. Oh Dwight that was a beautiful song. Thank you for sharing it with me. I love Martina McBride but had not heard that song. ☺️💕

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  5. Poignant in its despair, but beautiful as well. It’s strange how many things can be both.

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    1. Thank you ☺️ I think that when it’s both it’s because we have felt it. 💔

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    1. Thank you so much Sanaa! I’m happy I got the feeling across to the reader. Not that I want you to feel bad of course 🥰☺️

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  8. A sad beautiful poem, Christine. And yet I found these lines quite profound:

    “Broken is the silence
    of words never heard”

    The silence hasn’t been broken because the words weren’t spoken and yet it’s broken because they needed to be said. That’s pretty wow!! ❤

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