A Broken Shell Of Raw Agony
You did your best but the fight has won
Gone in a blink of an eye, unexpectedly,
A heart broken, peeled open on display,
Raw grief overflowing, worse than broken,
Physically traumatised, emotionally torn.
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You attempt to hold on to faith and hope,
Although the devastation ripped you apart,
Broken, bleeding and bloody, so naked,
Unprepared, shocked and lost in disbelief.
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Every breath is violently expelled, gasping,
The hollow in your chest expands in pain,
Silent screams echo in your ears and heart,
Knowing you will never feel whole again.
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Aching for the relief of a fresh breath of air,
Wanting to escape the senseless reality,
Questioning the cause, dream or nightmare,
Understanding you’ve lost it all forevermore.
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Thoughts scrambling, possibilities explored,
Searching constantly for a lesser heartache,
Blood pounding through your mind, roaring,
As you move to forget, deny, unaccepting.
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Tears streaming, the terror tearing through,
Absolving every inch of previous happiness,
Excruciating agony crushing you from above,
Every cell begging for the ultimate ending.
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Brutally tossed aside, not a care left for you,
The loss crippling, devastating your very core,
Life is over, you’re forever broken, shredded,
The world now viewed through glazed eyes.
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You’re finally defeated, your fight now lost,
The last of your strength fleeing, expiring,
You tremble in fear, awaiting the grand finale,
After doing your best, you’re left a broken shell.
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Comments (5)
That was incredible! Such powerful imagery.
Beautifully crafted words in this poem. Such emotion here. I loved reading it.
That’s definitely a Horror poem 🙀
That was a chaotic fight. Such devastating emotions! Very well written my friend
Oh my goodness. That was raw and powerful and I hope you're Okay.