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A Bone Breaks

A bone breaks but the body stays whole.

A heart breaks for another but their bond

remains whole.

 

In the heartbreak of love

there lies a glimmer.

A shimmer that nestles in the eye

of the broken

until it glares out the ugly,

broken truth;

and only leaves the pleasant lies

in these saccharine eyes

there is a better truth and a better life

for the broken.

 

The truth is for the whole

and the whole crowds out the broken

until no more truth remains

for the countless few who lay claim

to little

and claim affection for less.

 

So in this strange ether

there is no longer a choice

for either truth or happiness.

There is only the light in the distance

filled with happiness

and thus, spilling forth truth.

 

Truth will never set a soul free.

A soul never yearns for freedom

while their mate stays captive.

 

It’s the shackles of the everyday

that bond us to one another

and strip us down to our core

until all that’s left is the truth.

 

So this truth is not universally accepted.

It is not shouted from the rooftops.

This truth of the heart can’t be found in a book.

The truth we all find at the tip of our tongue

is best found with the last breath before

exhaustion.

In that last breath before we join our Creator

Is the essence of our being;

and in this discovery, we find who we are meant to be.

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paul-r-mott
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Published
Mar 25, 2012
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