Poem – Heart Broken

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Poem – Heart Broken

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Life again has brought me to the door

That opens to the fear I’ve felt before

The pain that stays so deep inside

No longer has a place to hide.

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It haunts my every breath and thought

My heart is broken, and feeling wrought

Over recurring memories of cruelty past

And guilt of weakness that seems to last.

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The days that come by me one by one

Are like footsteps that have no place to run

To turn my back on a shattered heart

To feign the courage for a brand new start.

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To begin anew, as if nothing occurred

Is to tie the tongue, and withhold the word.

Of what is felt so deep inside

Is to stop the moon and hold back the tide.

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The flood of hurt that wells up in me

Is so hard to show for others to see

That I play hide and seek over here and there

Hoping that someone I trust will care.

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To lift me up, and heal, what they find

Left of an aching soul, and a crying mind.