#shattered poems on Hello Poetry

KNOWER Jun 23

torn

our clothes,
our tattered clothes
are torn up and frayed,
unsightly and stained
the bindings are strained,
they fit no longer
the hemming gave 'way,
they hold no longer

our feet,
our blistered feet
are cut up, in pain,
aching, inflamed
their will's been bent,
they heave no longer
their life's been spent,
they move no longer

our hearts,
our hollowed hearts
are battered and bruised,
worn out and used
all has been drained,
they bleed no longer
their thumping has waned,
they beat no longer

our hopes,
our shattered hopes
are blackened and greyed,
broken, dismayed
all has been lost,
we hope no longer
we're wont to last,
we yearn no longer

our souls,
our flustered souls
are darkened and swayed,
lost and derailed
their glow's been dulled,
they shine no longer
their flow's been culled,
they live no longer

our hands,
our calloused hands,
tho' wounded and gashed,
hardened and bashed
are all we have to show at the end of the day...

#torn #battered #blistered #broken #calloused #drained #flustered #frayed #jaded #shattered

KNOWER Jun 11

torn

our clothes,
our tattered clothes
are torn up and frayed,
unsightly and stained
the bindings are strained,
they fit no longer
the hemming gave 'way,
they hold no longer

our feet,
our blistered feet
are cut up, in pain,
aching, inflamed
their will's been bent,
they heave no longer
their life's been spent,
they move no longer

our hearts,
our hollowed hearts
are battered and bruised,
worn out and used
all has been drained,
they bleed no longer
their thumping has waned,
they beat no longer

our hopes,
our shattered hopes
are blackened and greyed,
broken, dismayed
all has been lost,
we hope no longer
we're wont to last,
we yearn no longer

our souls,
our flustered souls
are darkened and swayed,
lost and derailed
their glow's been dulled,
they shine no longer
their flow's been culled,
they live no longer

our hands,
our calloused hands,
tho' wounded and gashed,
hardened and bashed
are all we have to show at the end of the day...

#torn #battered #blistered #broken #calloused #drained #flustered #frayed #shattered #wounded

Ricardo Diaz Jun 9

Once more, or never again

Once apon a time so gentle,
Watched sunrises as the birds sang good morning

Then broken in disillusionment,
became a dangerous weapon

Nothing can be gained without loss,
Even the celestial gates demand the reapers sickle.

He who seeks peace
Must face chaos

I know not what scares me more.
To see you once more,
Or never again.

I tremble at the choice unseen
To embrace the risk of once more
Or brace for impact on never again.

#fragile #awakening #shattered #conflicted #embrace #uncertainty #tremble #yearning #threshold

Rhiannon Clayton May 18

Falling

Feeling the torn wings and shattered dreams.
Tear-stained pendulum swinging, as my eyes stare down the light in the hallway with a ten-yard stare.
Climbing into my soul, I cling to the shadow of my angel, trying hard to hold onto a ray of hope, like a dream catcher chasing away bad things.
Falling, I realize that in this descent, I am discovering myself on my way to the ground.
Falling endlessly and quietly, without a single sound,
I ask myself how much farther down I must go.
My soul whispers back softly, “Until you’re found.”

-Rhia Clay

#shadow #soul #fall #torn #wings #shattered #dreams #ten #yard #stare

The Invisible Poet May 7

bottled up

i have all these strong emotions
they swirl around inside me
i shove them down
and put a cork in the bottle
the bottle that doesn't open
it's easier to ignore the anxiety
than deal with the difficult emotion
but the bottle can't hold anymore
of this feeling
the bottle is shaking and exploding open
the feelings are rushing back at me
i'm holding in the tears
my stomach is churning like
the emotional turmoil
i'm so worried
I can't do this anymore
it's all crashing down on me
the emotions rain down on me
like the glass shards from the bottle
the anxiety shoots through my veins
making my hands tremble
and my heart ache
and my mind spin

one of my friends got kicked out of a group home and idk what's gonna happen to them and another of my friends has been MIA for a week and might be dead of in the hospital, i can't suppress the anxiety anymore

#anxiety #bottledup #shattered #fear #worried #badscenarios

Lance Remir Apr 22

Shattered

I have heard broken glass before
I have heard the cracks and snaps
Echoing in an empty room
A deafening accident
But not even that
Can be as loud as a broken heart
Shattered on purpose

#loud #broken #shattered #love #heartbreak #glass #pain

Fumbletongue Apr 5

Unnecessary Roughness

A touch should be gentle, like whispers in the night,
But your words hit like storms, with no end in sight.
Each glance, a shove, though I never saw the hand,
Unnecessary roughness—what love could withstand?

The rules we once honored, now broken like glass,
Promises shattered as kindness slipped past.
It’s not just the anger, but the weight in the air,
The silence that lingers, pretending you care.

What was once soft has now grown so cold,
A heart left bruised from the grip you hold.
Unnecessary roughness in every embrace,
I flinch from the love that’s lost its grace.

Where warmth once flourished, now jagged and frayed,
A love meant to lift, but instead, it decayed.
And though I still stand, my heart shows the scars,
Unnecessary roughness has torn us apart.

Weaponized incompetence.

#covered #smothered #shattered

Maria Leslie Mar 20

“ S̥ͦh̥ͦḁͦt̥ͦt̥ͦe̥ͦr̥ͦe̥ͦd̥ͦ ”

I saw your eyes for me
but I still feel the pain inside hurting me without you
But your eyes smiled are shattered me inside going back to love you
You are beautiful face and love that I have and already claim to my heart

I saw your face and your eyes already saying goodbye on my heart
I didn’t know that is the last time to see you again
I didn’t know that you leaving me this way
I didn’t know it means you leave me

It’s shattering me away from the breath
Those hopes are broken wen you said I do from breaking up
I lost the love and forgetting about sweetness memories now I can’t turn back
The heart is like a stone
Locking the doors from tears to grief

I’m still holding on but it’s broken
In my hands are shattered glasses and keeps blooded
I’m still waiting but now it’s empty
We are fall and crashing away can’t be back again
I can’t going back again it’s been shattered ****** beautiful inside

I carry and have the scars from painful weeps
This tears dragging down and telling me to get away
Your words makes me fall in-love before but now it’s Scattered wen you said many farewells

The love is there but it’s fly away

We can stay but there’s always a reason to say goodbye
We are still here and you are there but it’s shattered.

Written: 9.27.2024

#poet #poetry #poem #shattered #broken

Faith Cubitt Mar 7

My Addiction

Like a drug I craved you.
I needed to feel your skin pressed against mine, it was a addiction I could not break.
the way your eyes would move over me made me wanna beg on my knees for you.
any part would do.... your mere attention fulfilled me.
I didn't read the warning label when I opened you and took a taste.
forgot that all medication has side affects.
but yours was more fatale.... more dangerous than anything I had ever experienced before.
you brought me to this line coasting between life and death, so close to falling, but I didn't care. how was I supposed to when it felt so good?
but I knew you were bad the minute I knew I may not be able to live without you.... finally realizing how I was beyond addicted while I was little to no meaning to you.
I knew you would leave, I had no doubt in my mind....
so why couldn't I spare myself the heartache and go first?
why did I stay and let you destroy me?

you were far worse than any warning could have prepared me for....

#heart #broken #shattered #love #him #addiction #heartache #forever

Faith Cubitt Feb 28

You broke me

You broke me, but that is nothing new.... I knew you had the means to break me when we were almost something.... I had handed you my most prized possession.
I so effortlessly passed myself over, too naive to think about the consequences, or the fact that even though I love you, it didn't mean you loved me.....
I knew you broke me when I was sitting in a restaurant too exhausted to cook, breaking down at the table by myself while watching couples who could have been us laughing and eating.
I knew you broke me when I hated going to bed and staring up at that stupid dull white ceiling in silence, my mind going over everything I might have done wrong.
when sleep came I was finally at peace, but not for long....
I knew you broke me when every morning I dreaded getting up because it meant I had to do another day without you.
I knew you broke me when I hated myself, hated how I looked because maybe if I looked better you would have stayed and chosen me.
hated how I talked, maybe if i used a softer tone? or more stern? you wouldn't have chosen her?
maybe if my eyes were blue? or my hair blonde?
I knew you broke me when I was tearing myself apart because you left....
you broke me, but I already knew you would.

god, I just wanted him to love me....

#heartbroken #lost #goodbye #because #maybe #devastated #shattered #please #love #forever