How Do You?

How do you replace a heart thats broken?

So bad its pierced the skin

How do you stem the tears that flow?

Like a river from within

How do you mask the pain so obvious?

Thats seen by all around

How do you stifle all those inner groans?

So you utter not a sound

How do you take away the pictures?

That reccur inside your mind

Do you stumble in the darkness?

Wishing you were blind

How do you take away the memory?

So strong you smell the scent

How do you replace a heart thats broken?

When all the tears are spent.





Poetry by penfold18
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Written on 2007-05-22 at 12:33

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Kathy Lockhart
Graham this so touched my broken heart. Thank you. kathy
2008-05-22


limber junctionson
how do you?
you do.
is there anyone uncomfortable enough not to know how to do?
or not?
2008-05-20


Amanda K
This is one of the best poems I've read at Poetbay. Broken hearts are chased by memories and I even expressed the thought of it in one poems but still I do like how you give bietter feelings images and voices.

Awesome
Favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-07-03


normalil
Wonderfully done. Enjoyed as always.
2007-05-25


gills
very thought provocking - to have the means to mend a brocken heart? gee how rich would one get :) :) gills
2007-05-24


nature
amazing poem P
YOU SURE RAISED A COUPLE OF GOOD QUESTIONS
I WISH I KNEW THE ANSWERS TO
IT WOULD MAKE LIFE LESS COMPLICATED
VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING
2007-05-23


Craig Frazer
Nice work, not always pleasant to write about but it must be done, part of the healing process.
2007-05-23


Kathy Lockhart
oh my, Graham, this is so sad but written so beautifully. Each question is a tear tracing its final journey. bookmarked.
2007-05-22


Hagzissa
You can't.... I believe that it must hurt for a while before you can heal.
A certain amount of tears must fall before the eyes can dry...
The pain will bleach but it takes time...

This poem really appealed me. So recognizable.

Really good writing here.
2007-05-22


Rik The PoetBay support member heart!
When the mind is hell bent on holding one in a cage. It is extremely difficult to escape. Sadness genuinely felt in each so well written line of this poignantly placed question.
2007-05-22