Heartbreak Poem by Barry Middleton

Heartbreak

Rating: 5.0


my heartbreak cannot be stitched
or darned like an old gray sock
it looks just like the picture
with a lightning bolt down the middle

this is not the first time at all
I left the farm and saw New York
and knew I could never be satisfied
regardless of weather or fortune

the heart can only take so much
like a horse that wants to run
like a boat jumping a wave
the heart rocks like a Ferris wheel

it tumbles like a mountain rockslide
tears fall and burn the landscape
then I clutch my chest and know
the bullet has passed clean through

Heartbreak
Monday, September 26, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: heartbreak
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Nosheen Irfan 29 September 2016

This is superb. So beautifully expressed. You speak for a lot of us here. A big 10

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Barry Middleton 29 September 2016

Thanks Nosheen. I wrote this one several years ago. I appreciate your comments.

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