photo credit-Ankita.G
Splintered
Fingers bleed, trying to pick the shards off the soul.
Splinters break the skin, letting the blood out.
Trickle of warm emotions soothes the heart,
and deceives it with a false hope of caring.
Gush of memories engulf the abandoned, lacerated heart.
Stinging raw nerves, torture the wounded soul.
What caused the shell to explode?
When did the cover get blown?
Was it when you quietly walked away,
never to come back, again?
Or when you broke your promise of,
always being there for me?
When you stopped to care?
Did my heart break because you left me standing,
all alone, wondering what had gone wrong?
Did I rip the cover off my faintly beating heart?
Or did your indifference tear it apart?
Was it done by bare unfeeling cold hands,
or with a blunt uncaring knife of callousness?
Whatever the reason for the blow,
my soul lies shattered, broken, mutilated.
bleeding to its untimely death.
It trickles down towards you,
uncaring of your indifference,
Is it insane affection or
unconditional love?
Sulekha Rawat
Woah! I found myself winding around the words. I like the use of 'insane' and unconditional love' in the same line. Very moving and very strong.
Brenda, Thanks a lot for your visit and the lovely compliment. Does love make us strong or weak? The jury is still out 🙂
Both, for sure.
Insane and unconditional, define love 🙂 thanks Chris…
very strong feelings evoked here. i like it.
Thanks Ellie
Dear Sulekha,
Because of our imperfections, love will always be tested by the sword of sorrow and the greed and lust if this world. Love can make us both weak and strong, but the true jewels of love are faithfulness and contentment. Love will never betray its beauty…sadly, we do. Very nicely expressed. Thanks for sharing.
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Andy, your comment becomes a verse for my poem, thank you.
This is so raw and deep…loved the ending…is it insane affection or unconditional love…very thin line between the two.
Well said, Janaki. Love is insane and unconditional 🙂 thanks
I could feel the anger and frustration all trickling down as blood. Great poem!
Thank you Sweepy, every comment makes me want to write more …god bless.
Oh the depth of feelings expressed in this poem Outlier. It touched me deep and somewhere splintered my heart too.
Rimly, thank you for your heartfelt compliment.Take care dear Outlier…
Bloody…I felt it oozing in my veins… you described it in such detail… splintered, that's how I felt…