The Broken Heart (Part 1)

The morning dawns

The heart wakes

The pain of the last few months returns

The wounds are still fresh

The heart is still torn

Yet another day begins

Pushing forward to a new life

Looking for a new place to land

A fresh face and a pretty dress

With shiny lips, dark-lined eyes, and bouncing curls

All to hide the broken heart underneath

Perfect impressions must be achieved

Performing on a stage

Hitting the marks of a perfect dance

Smiling and twirling

Another day of “faking until you make it”

Ignoring the smoke from the ruins left behind

Most people would have no idea

Of the great escape

The darkness that loomed

The mass destruction

Burned land of ash

Afraid and distrustful of bridges in the past

The heart searches for new lands in a new world

For a place to build a new life

Broken but crawling forward

The wound of an ultimate betrayal

One assigned to protect the heart always, entrusted with its care

Had chosen the darkness and stabbed the heart open

The heart defenseless in a cage

Tortured and mocked for pleasure

Stones of condemnation and ignorance are thrown from all around

Became the stones used to build the castle

All while the heart still bleeds

The mind works overtime

Parties and events, smiling and waving

More performing

Open wounds bandaged and covered

Tears fall as the heart tries to keep the mind present

Trying not to miss anything

Happiness and joy feel like a chore

The heart struggles to feel anything but pain

Searching and holding tightly to any shreds of joy

Paths chosen; decisions made

Trying to hide the brokenness underneath

Nightmares that plague the mind in sleep

Left the heart racing and panicked

But still the months go by

Months turn to years

Slowly the heart begins to heal

Stone by stone the castle is built

A new name and a new home

The heart set free

The heart finds some purpose

Finds others to love

Spring has come

The golden age dawns

Everything is shiny, pretty, and new

Happy and joyful

If only for a moment…………..