Broken Hearts
We live in a wounded world, where too many women carry scars they never chose. They were betrayed by the very ones they called love, by hands meant to protect them that instead broke them. They tried to speak, to report, to seek help, but too often their cry was lost in indifference and bureaucracy, in closed doors and empty promises. And while they suffer, their loved ones suffer too: parents who fear every silence, friends who see the light in their eyes fading, children who breathe pain without knowing how to name it. So often it begins with a simple and terrible truth: the man – partner, boyfriend, or husband – cannot accept abandonment, cannot accept the woman choosing freedom, saying, “this time, I save myself.” And in that sickened mind, in possession turning into obsession, the darkest shadow is born. Violence grows, poisons everything, and sometimes becomes the final tragedy: femicide, the unjust end of a heart that only wanted to live. These stories break us from within, remind us that every woman deserves to be heard, respected, protected. For no love can be born from possession, and no broken heart should ever die for the freedom to be herself.
Masi Roberto © 2025
I am an Italian poet and author of poetic and narrative books, all available on Amazon.
On my YouTube channel I read my poems every day, sharing emotions, reflections and the voice of the soul.
Thank you for taking the time to read this piece — may it touch your heart as it did mine while writing it.
Masi Roberto © 2025
Dec 7, 2025
Dec 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM UTC
Broken Hearts
We live in a wounded world, where too many women carry scars they never chose. They were betrayed by the very ones they called love, by hands meant to protect them that instead broke them. They tried to speak, to report, to seek help, but too often their cry was lost in indifference and bureaucracy, in closed doors and empty promises. And while they suffer, their loved ones suffer too: parents who fear every silence, friends who see the light in their eyes fading, children who breathe pain without knowing how to name it. So often it begins with a simple and terrible truth: the man – partner, boyfriend, or husband – cannot accept abandonment, cannot accept the woman choosing freedom, saying, “this time, I save myself.” And in that sickened mind, in possession turning into obsession, the darkest shadow is born. Violence grows, poisons everything, and sometimes becomes the final tragedy: femicide, the unjust end of a heart that only wanted to live. These stories break us from within, remind us that every woman deserves to be heard, respected, protected. For no love can be born from possession, and no broken heart should ever die for the freedom to be herself.
Masi Roberto © 2025
I am an Italian poet and author of poetic and narrative books, all available on Amazon.
On my YouTube channel I read my poems every day, sharing emotions, reflections and the voice of the soul.
Thank you for taking the time to read this piece — may it touch your heart as it did mine while writing it.
Masi Roberto © 2025
A reflection dedicated to all women who have suffered violence, and to the families forever marked by it.
A reminder that every woman deserves protection, respect, and the freedom to choose her own life.
Poem written by Masi Roberto © 2025.
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