Broken Poem by Pleasant Dabbs

A narrow stick may split when it's been jumped on
More stable is the wooden planking in a fence
An arrow might fracture when it is shot off
And hits something inflexible or dense

A glass cup will break hitting a cement floor
A window may shatter with a rock that's thrown
Your leg could be crushed if you love sports
And play a lot of football on your own

You promote a failing heart using tobacco
Fat and sugar contribute to the problem too
Heart attacks are mostly unexpected
When they occur there's not much you can do

The wood and glass are objects that aren't living
The heart's alive and always pumping blood
There's something else that might cause the heart to break
While still alive and beating as it should

This most often occurs when your fond feelings
Are saddened by love lost or one's demise
Worse yet is a heart abused, or one downtrodden
A wound that affects both the foolish and the wise

A broken man can be overworked or sickly
His body is browbeaten, it won't take any more
An injury could cause him to be hampered
While a broken spirit will take him to the floor

The body, feelings or spirit can be broken
The physical is the easiest to fix
The browbeaten and the feelings are much harder
And a spirit healed is the hardest one to get


c aaron