"heartbrokenness" poems
I swore,
I swore I'd never open up again.
Not after all the scars were left,
Deep claw marks and burns
Left to be frozen over by my broken...
broken... ****
my heart is so broken!
Cascading down as if it were rainfall
Getting caught in your let down hair;
Fine powdery snow that I brush off
To see your crystal clear face.
The smiles that hide behind your eyes
Those eyes that see right through me
To the depths of my heartbrokenness.
You saw each and every wound
As fresh as the day I bled
Drew your finger across them
Wrote your name on the walls of my heart.
Twinkling star of my tomorrow,
Reminding me that every day
Life has room for love
And room for lovers
And I swore,
I swore...
Your name will stay
On the walls of my heart.
Dec 22, 2016
Dec 22, 2016 at 4:21 AM UTC
Your soul is in clothes
Fine Lenin to cover your ligaments
It was your God on Sunday
Prayed to it on Monday
Emotions could be felt in your denim
In the stitches of the fabric pumped life like they were your veins
Heartbrokenness comforted in your tight boyfriend jeans
In your back pocket sat your heart
Where it couldn't be seen
The expensive products you powered yourself in made you feel like a queen
Inside these clothes you were royalty
It gave you power
Smirked at those who looked in awe
A sin if you didn't look good
You were strong in your religion
Curses those who didn't dress like you
This was your life
An you would sacrifice it all to look this nice
Dec 23, 2015
Dec 23, 2015 at 11:21 AM UTC
I'm avoiding you.
I'm perfectly aware of that.
I know exactly what you're going to say,
Why are you being so distant?
And you know exactly why.
I don't want to break down in front of you.
I don't want to seem weak in your eyes.
I want you to act first...
I need you to speak up.
And even though avoidance is a little low of me to do,
I can't breathe when you are near..
I can't think when we hug.
That how bad this feeling is of heartbrokenness..
Feb 16, 2015
Feb 16, 2015 at 8:28 PM UTC
Pain in my heart
Been hit with a dart
I could have been smart
Kept us apart
So when you want to restart
My still lungs and heart,
Notice, sweetheart
You had a part
Don’t even start
Doctors look at my chart
“Flatlined”, “Dead heart”
The scene was “graphic art”
My body, motionless
All because
You couldn’t tell heartbrokenness
From suicidal hopelessness
Sep 10, 2017
Sep 10, 2017 at 9:40 AM UTC
Mandy Mercer-Neder, friend, daughter of composer Johnny Mercer for whom he wrote the hit “ "Mandy Is Two” in 1941, died Sunday August 30, 2020, age 81.
Honoring Mandy
Deep inside
I sighed, I cried;
Internal sighing, crying
So, so hidden and unbidden,
Bringing life's death to the forefront.
With an unexpressed
Heartbrokenness.
Mandy dear, unwell for years,
Brave and perky,
Generous to kin and peers,
Using what low strength she had
To cheer on others.
A state from fate we all shall share.
We were not there.
We will be there one dated day,
One way or t'other.
In the foremost corner of my mind
I honor Mandy.
Innermost, I find regard
I saw no hint of,
But by dint of her departing
With intention, mind and heart,
An unexpected urge,
A surge of empathy stirs, spurs me on
To honor Mandy.
Honoring Mandy 9.1.2020 Birth, Death & In Between II; Arlene Nover Corwin
Sep 3, 2020
Sep 3, 2020 at 3:57 PM UTC