Broken

Posted on March 28, 2023 by jai

broken inside
broken in two
broken promise
that didn’t come true

broken happiness
broken joy
broken life
all destroyed

broken dreams
broken hope
broken will
no way to cope

broken spirit
broken mind
broken in pieces
and left behind

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unbounded quatrain

Image via Pixabay

Striptease

Posted on March 25, 2023 by jai

some spirits are as fragile as a rose

sweet as honey, lovely to gaze upon

but easily damaged

by callous souls who heartlessly ravage

scribbling hateful words with sharpened crayons—

soft petals wilt ‘neath weight of heavy prose

leaving door open to rot and disease

rose abandons hope, does a sad striptease


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wounded couplet

Image by Jiří Rotrekl from Pixabay

Quondam Love

Posted on March 10, 2023 by jai

last date
love fades away
heart breaks

alone
same fucking song
yen gone

folklore
old history
closed door

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musette

Image by Alan from Pixabay

What Was Lost

Posted on February 11, 2023 by jai

adrift on barren bitter boats
two lonely souls pass in the night
blind to the other’s face
never knowing what was lost
to the waves of the storm-tossed sea

©2023 jai

Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay