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Together we sat
Under a leaking roof
Misery, I and a broken heart
*
Two moons and a quarter
Through the clanging of bells
And the period of the sleigh
We sat
Quietly
And the world watched
While it raged outside, within
And my heart bled out
Slowly
*
Then Misery got cold
And the heart mended slowly
Hardened and became rusty
The naivety gone
Replaced by a wariness
That distrusted trust
And yielded nothing
*
Now
We are fine
Unbroken
Still broken
Whole
In no search for another
*
We are home.
Written by Jo
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8 Comments
Mandy
March 09, 08:15Together we sat
Under a leaking roof
Misery, I and a broken heart.
That gave me some really powerful imagery about heartbreak. Well written, Joe. First comes the storm, then comes healing. Then you’re home.
Z
March 09, 11:15This is good
UC TheMisfit
March 09, 11:24Really, really vivid poetry, Joe. Nice.
First paragraph… ?✔
OJ
March 09, 11:36Beautifully Constructed. Thanks Joe.
Jo
March 09, 21:58Thanks everyone. Break up takes you to a very sad place, it also opens you up to beautiful poetry.
And PP, it is Jo, inugo? Just J.O. Tenkiu.
Pink Panther
March 10, 01:37My bad. lol. Correction effected.
Danger
March 11, 02:33I had similar experience too. Or actually, i did similar thing you did. But the cute dude wouldnt wake, so i carries out all my fantasies on him while he was asleep.
Guess he would be surprised at the of cum in his briefs each morning.. Lol. I’m spoilt.
XoXo.
Stardmich
September 08, 22:04Sounds like what my Jo would write.. Awwspired.