Broken Halos

Selena Valdivia 1986 (Omaha)



Broken Halos

Wish we could go back to those summer nights and corn field mazes,
Down hill races and firefly chases,
Sunset battles and purple sky's,
Back before the days of broken halos,

It was us against the world,
Laughter and smiles,
And ice cream faces,
Basketball shootouts and tire swing spin outs,
Back before the days of broken halos,

We were innocent and full of life,
The world had knocked us down,
But that didn't phase us,
Cause it was us against the world,
Back before the days of broken halos,

Then just like that everything was gone,
No laughter no love,
As if the world had won,
One by one the halo broke,
Its was no longer us against the world but each other against the world,
No more days without broken halos,

Life had won,
The innocence gone,
We learned to adapt and to survive
Bodies bruised and broken,
One life that was torn apart,
No more bonding,
No more family,
Thoughts and memories that began to fade,
What was life like before broken halos?

Life gave us broken halos,
But now it's up to us to restore them
To go back to those summer nights and corn field mazes,
Down hill races and firefly chases,
Sunset battles and purple sky's,
Back to the days of laughter and smiles,
And ice cream faces,
Basketball shootouts and tire swing spin outs,
Back before the days of broken halos.

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Life growing up

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Written on June 21, 2021

Submitted by Sal86 on July 30, 2022

Modified by Sal86 on July 31, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aBCD efBGD xxxeD hxixed ihxixxxxd dxaBCfBGD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,314
Words 281
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 5, 6, 9, 9

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  • Dougla$Irishman
    The good old days were brave and innocent , bursting with energy
    And than we had to spoil it all and grow up and face reality !
    A delightful poem about when we were young and carefree !
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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