- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Shards of Life
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lies her life,
like so many bits of broken glass,
covered in a film
of fine dust she chooses to
ignore.
Instead,
she clings to the pane
and surveys the gaping hole
left behind, counting
the splinters created, her
internal chaos illuminated
in the rays of the sun.
In a shard of glass
she finds a stunning brilliance
not previously possessed,
countless points of light
dancing along
the serrated edges
of shattered dreams.
Kneeling, she cradles
and clutches old lovers close,
a sharp intake of breath
as flesh tears and the bite
of old wounds
resurfaces.
In time,
she carefully rearranges
the fallen,
the stiff adobe bond
of self-resolve
as she presses polished tesserae
into a glittering mosaic –
the rebuilding of her own.
- COMMENTS
wildsweetoneover 16 years agoi mentioned this submission in the New Poem Review thread in the Poetry Forum. please feel free to come along and join in with other poets. the 50% temperature rating is given so that it does not alter future temperature ratings. - wildsweetone
