Broken

by Stephanie Smith


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​She feigns a broken flower
alone in night's sobbing mess
when hidden by strict shadows
who never let her come out
while the moon shines bright above
 
She hides inside the dark's embrace,
the comforting velvet blackness
she remembers from infancy
before the world was filled with tears
and the lingering need for light
 
And so she's left to clean up the mess
a lifetime of heartache has given her
Another day of aching shoulders
But she must put up with it if she
is to carry the weight of the world
 

 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                           
 
Stephanie Smith is a poet and writer from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in such publications as Strong Verse, PIF Magazine, Poetry Quarterly, The Literary Hatchet, and Third Wednesday. She is the author of the poetry chapbook, Dreams of Dali (Flutter Press, 2010), and is currently working on her first full-length novel.