Broken Heart

The silence screams where laughter used to play

A hollow echo where your voice would stay

The world is painted in a muted grey

Since love departed, taking light away.

Each dawn arrives a stranger to my soul

A heavy weight that takes its bitter toll

I drift adrift, beyond my own control

A fractured ship, upon a stormy shoal.

Remembering the touch, the gentle hand

A castle built upon the shifting sand

Now crumbled ruins I don't understand

A desolation spread across the land.

The simple moments, once a sweet embrace

Now sting and burn, leaving an empty space

I search in vain for your familiar face

Lost in the labyrinth of time and place.

A melody that once brought joy and ease

Now whispers sorrows on the passing breeze

It mocks my spirit, brings me to my knees

Beneath the shadow of a love that flees.

The memories like thorns begin to pierce

A constant ache, a feeling that grows fierce

This lonely sorrow, a relentless curse

Makes every breath a burden, so much worse.

I trace the lines upon my weary palm

Seeking some solace, seeking to be calm

But find no comfort, no restorative balm

Just echoes of a sweet, forgotten psalm.

The stars above still twinkle, cold and bright

Indifferent witnesses to my sad plight

They offer neither warmth nor guiding light

Just endless darkness in the lonely night.

Perhaps with time, the edges will grow dull

The sharpest pains will slowly start to lull

But now the emptiness feels so full

A poignant absence, beautiful and cruel.

I gather fragments of what used to be

A shattered mirror, reflecting back at me

The ghost of happiness, wild and free

A broken heart's eternal elegy.

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