Broken Poem by Michael Ernst

Broken



Grandpa watches his little ones play, running, learning, happy, living, laughing

Papa this, Papa that, please be happy, laugh with us Papa
He tries to smile lovingly, truthfully, honestly

But his efforts are labored, forced, something is missing, errant, he is incomplete

He is a shell, distant in thoughts, merely a reflection in a broken mirror of a broken mask on a broken man

(2012)

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