. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Path of The Broken-Hearted at Christmas

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Path of The Broken-Hearted at Christmas

(A lone voice whispers)


 
I can still remember
The sad day she said

She didn’t love me anymore

As she threw away my wedding ring in the pond and walked

Right outa our door
That was ten years ago or more

At Christmas 
In 2000 and four

I still see her on the streets
But no matter how fast my heart beats

I can still see and feel that lonely dark place

Where broken souls fly
When their hearts are truly broken

And inside
They always quietly cry

She’s asked me many times to take her back

She’ll love me more this time
This time it will be different

But all I see when I look her over

Is Jack

Running his hands through her hair and kissing
Her soft red lips

I maybe broken
Cut deep with a sharp blade forever
But will I go back to her

Never

I’ll just keep walking the path
The brokenhearted take

And maybe I’ll find someone truly special this year 
To love all of me and help

To take away this god awful ache

 (C)
Copyright John Duffy 

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Foundation of the piece.

Christmas is not all joyful salutations for everyone.


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