Fractured Hearts

fragile hearts
composed of fractured shards
of selenite
soon fall
from the silence
strewn long
throughout the night

some will dissipate
upon the kiss
of eclipsed atmosphere

while others infiltrate
the earth’s defenses
waiting to be found

is this power
within my pen
enough to stay
disappointment?

can these sunken eyes
sustain the curtain’s calling
dirt and all?

through these weary eyes
of stinging
i fail
to see the answer

no longer does water well
in the aqueduct
of quiescence

and gone
is any semblance
of the joy
that once we knew

having joined
the desperate masses
as envoys of muted morass

precious hours spent
relentlessly toiling
for elusive spoils

spanning the breadth
of a breathlessness
unbridled

’til our heads withered
wayward
down the trail
of idle absurdity

as frail
as the feathered waif
unhidden
on a leaf-barren poplar

sonically assailed
by a hail-tinged doppler shriek
with a tail that spanned the ages

6 Replies to “Fractured Hearts”

  1. Your skill keeps amazing me.
    I can’t read this only once, either.
    I am completely ill-equipped to respond adequately. So I’ll just say that I am gobsmacked. And I smile as I say that, but a smiley face emoji is just so wrong right now…

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  2. “precious hours spent relentlessly toiling for elusive spoils” … no words; just a profound acknowledgment of this form of reality…

    Like

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