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Poetry by Joy
Grief Destroys
The pieces of my shattered heart
Lie upon the floor.
The tears overflow and start
To run in streams
Down my cheeks.
Everything seems done in vain,
And always I feel
The constant, throbbing, dull pain
Inside my chest
Where my heart is.
How can I go on? How can this be?
I roam about-
A mere shadow of who was me.
The memories flooding
Back are too much to bear.
My cheeks seem to be dry no more,
And always,where ere I look,
Something,someone brings tears,and sore
Is my being
From the grief I bear.
"Why?" I ask again, and cannot go on.
I cannot breathe.
This grief is too much. Myself is gone
I feel nothing,
Only sadness.
The girl, once full of life, is not.
Instead, in her place,
Black-rimmed eyes from crying a lot.
A pale face with hopless eyes
Are all that remain.
How long since a smile graced
My pursed, pale lips?
How long since a laugh hast'd
To flow out
Of my weary mouth?
It has been too long I say.
Too long for health.
Will this great grief ever go away
And make me
Myself again?
I fear not.
Not ever will I be the same.