Broken

Christina Biasiello 1983 (Philly)



I'm broken
Sad and solemn
Lost and hopeless
My whole world seems gray
My pieces shatter
Over and over again
I watch them shatter
I scramble up the pieces
I put them back together
Empty holes remain
where pieces used to be
On the outside I look together
But with a slight breeze
I crumble to the ground.
Falling
Failing
Empty
Broken

I desperately want to be whole.
I want to make myself whole
But I can't
I don't know how.
I don't know why.
I wish...
I was enough for me
I wish...
I could mend my heart
Just enough to love...
Me
I break
I build
I wither
I stand
I fall
I rise
And still...
I'm broken

Well...
Broken crayons still color
Mosaic master pieces
Are made from broken shards of glass
A chrysalis is broken
And a butterfly emerges
In all its glory
I am the broken crayon
Coloring my story boldly
The broken shards of glass
Forming unique works of art
I am the emerging butterfly
With wet wings waiting to flutter
I'm broken
But...
My broken is beautiful

About this poem

Something to help put the pieces back together.

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Written on October 17, 2020

Submitted by cbiasiello610 on January 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 973
Words 203
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 18, 19, 16

Christina Biasiello

I feel I've lived so many lives during my 38 years. I've dreamed, made my dreams come true, and watched some of those dreams crumble along the way. Writing helps me find answers, it helps me heal, it brings me peace, and my hope is that it will do that for others more…

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