Thursday 29 March 2012

A broken heart





unfulfilled promises
lies and empty words
a broken heart


it happens everyday
they say


but, how do you move on ? 


how do you mend
a broken heart?




you can't


you live with it


scars, freckles, sorrow, bitterness, regrets


and write songs,
and pen poems,
painting, sculpting,  


until you feel the rain falling on your cheeks





                                               Al Green- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 


Posted for:    Poets United:   Thursday Think Tank:   Music
and Flash Fiction Friday:   Tell a story in 55 words - for the G-man


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44 comments:

  1. Karen29 March 2012 at 19:19

    Music and a broken heart go hand in hand don't they. The Gibb brothers coaxed a tear or two from me with this song.

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    1. Scarlet29 March 2012 at 19:57

      I agree, so many songs have been written about it.

      Thanks for the visit Karen.

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  2. Daydreamertoo29 March 2012 at 19:30

    I guess broken heart only heal with time, time and distance help to dim the pain, and we can begin to heal again. Lovely

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    1. Scarlet29 March 2012 at 19:59

      I agree Bren....it dims and hopefully we begin to heal again ~

      Thanks for the visit ~

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  3. Maureen Walsh29 March 2012 at 19:36

    Broken heart ... yes well 'em...who hasn't been struck down by that disease? Inevitable as breathing as the sun rising and setting as the hands of time as the tide as the wind as the rain!Coincidentally read today that it is official there is such a thing as death from a broken heart! Fond of including music on my own blog. Music reaches places that even words don't .... the broken bits!!! X

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    1. Scarlet29 March 2012 at 20:04

      Yes, I believe it happens. Thanks for the visit ~

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  4. Anonymous29 March 2012 at 20:03

    Heaven you've captured the situation perfectly.

    After reading your poem and then hearing Al Green crooning the words of this classic song, it's like I have that fractured heart again.

    Let the rain wash it all away.

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  5. ayala29 March 2012 at 20:08

    A broken heart...so sad..lovely capture, Grace.

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    1. Scarlet29 March 2012 at 20:15

      Thanks Ayala ~ I appreciate your visit ~

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  6. Margaret29 March 2012 at 20:27

    Hmm. Lovely. And a broken heart hopefully helps us love better somehow the next time... Perhaps a little less selfishly. ? I guess it all depends on the circumstances surrounding the break-up.

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  7. G-Man29 March 2012 at 20:54

    Grace...
    This nearly brought a tear to my eye.
    Very sad, very nicely written.
    Loved your melancholy 55.
    Thanks for playing, thanks for being #1,
    Have a Kick Ass Week-End

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  8. Ella29 March 2012 at 21:36

    Grace,
    You captured the true emotion and the song so fits this mood. The undertones of broken bring many emotions to the surface! I love this song :D Beautiful~

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  9. Pat Hatt29 March 2012 at 21:45

    Yeah all there is, is time I suppose. Getting away from them helps a bunch too, the farther the better sometimes.

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  10. Robert Gibson: PWES Editor29 March 2012 at 22:16

    oh Grace... I KNOW this ....

    "how do you mend
    a broken heart?




    you can't


    you live with it


    scars, freckles, sorrow, bitterness, regrets


    and write songs,
    and pen poems,
    painting, sculpting,


    until you feel the rain falling on your cheeks"


    I couldn't pick out one part... that SERIOUSLY hit home... a LOT of my poems have been written from that place. The last one was entitled "Goodbye" http://wp.me/s1xUtA-goodbye

    You hit the nail on the head with this!

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  11. Laurie Kolp29 March 2012 at 22:20

    I once had a lot of experience with broken hearts... the last line is amazing.

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  12. Unknown29 March 2012 at 22:29

    Until you feel the rain falling on your cheeks... yes... accuracy, here.

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  13. 1ManView29 March 2012 at 22:31

    Nice pen heaven... Great choice for a song I listen to in the dark a couple times myself. You can't heal a broken heart, it has to heal itself..

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  14. izzy29 March 2012 at 22:42

    Thanks for visiting and I like the end of your poem.

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  15. Sherry Blue Sky29 March 2012 at 23:38

    Your poem took me back to days when my heart was breaking and rebuilding itself........love your last line.........

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  16. ninotaziz29 March 2012 at 23:47

    I love abandon too. And the rain.

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  17. Anonymous30 March 2012 at 00:49

    So accurately described. *sigh*

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  18. zongrik30 March 2012 at 01:11

    a lot of people write for therapy

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  19. Lydia30 March 2012 at 05:21

    I loved this, especially the rain on the face. Beautiful.

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  20. Anonymous30 March 2012 at 06:51

    stupid broken hearts!

    this was pretty heaven.

    like the song too. :)

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  21. DEZMOND30 March 2012 at 07:58

    I'm loving the pic you've chosen as today's illustration!

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  22. Yvonne Osborne30 March 2012 at 10:18

    Like the last line. A true broken heart paralizes. I remember that.

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  23. ashok30 March 2012 at 10:41

    simple lines yet so beautiful...

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  24. Luke Prater30 March 2012 at 10:47

    Tough stuff. I have no answers... well-penned

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  25. Kat Mortensen30 March 2012 at 12:56

    Sometimes all you can do is write it out of your system!

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  26. Alice Audrey30 March 2012 at 13:40

    Well said.

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  27. Doctor FTSE30 March 2012 at 15:40

    All you can do is . . give it time. I mean, can you remember the one before the one before the last one?

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    1. rallentanda31 March 2012 at 08:37

      Ah ,Footesque..still keeping the ole l'epee razor sharp I see:)

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  28. Lolamouse30 March 2012 at 16:40

    So true. At least a broken heart makes good creative fodder!

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  29. Unknown30 March 2012 at 17:35

    Big hugs for a talented lady who feels thru her words

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  30. Mijayami30 March 2012 at 21:07

    beautiful.

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  31. J Cosmo Newbery30 March 2012 at 21:22

    Fence it and move on. Beautiful writing though.

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  32. Teresa31 March 2012 at 00:07

    What a wonderful write!

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  33. rch31 March 2012 at 06:40

    Hi Heaven, so sad it makes me think of some of my favorite songs that cut right to the heart.

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  34. Brian Miller31 March 2012 at 08:22

    smiles....i def appreciate this...and it helps to write it out...some....and the real trick is not to let the scars build up to where nothing gets out...nor nothing in

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  35. rallentanda31 March 2012 at 08:41

    It's tough and you have to ride that wave of grief but once you hit the shore it's over.

    Don't mind Footsie , the last time he had a broken heart was when he discovered his girlfriend Marta Hari was a German spy. That was in WW1

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  36. Angel31 March 2012 at 09:17

    Yes it is hard to move on..broken heart can never be mend..

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  37. Sara McNulty31 March 2012 at 16:42

    Sadly haunting.

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  38. Gloria Baker31 March 2012 at 18:25

    Yes I know this, yeah!

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