~~Shattered Glass
Once so perfect
composed thoroughly and flawlessly , shining proudly
utter regularity in one place
small attacks from every direction
threatening to break the mirror
the symmetry
more attacks
lasting longer
coming faster
finally success
a small nick
a depression
a fracture
a tear
growing as the minutes increase
the mirror dies
Slaughtering the stability
the devotedness,
my family, now shattered glass.
reliving the war
I wish I had helped
smash it sooner.
Submitted: June 14, 2014
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I think its described how you felt perfectly! Great work
Sat, June 14th, 2014 1:34pmits so sad and it seems like a war of love..great work!
Sun, June 15th, 2014 3:35amPowerful expression of emotions. I enjoyed the vocabulary and presentation of such a sad time. I hope your family finds peace.
Sun, June 15th, 2014 6:26amHello again, I enjoyed this poem very well epecially the part when you say " a depression, a factor, a tear" I hoped there was more to the poem. I really enjoyed it well done, please continue writing :)~Anniebirnie~:)
Thu, June 26th, 2014 3:04pmMy parents got divorced as well, so I can relate to this poem. I like and enjoy poems more when I can relate to them as well. Another good poem.
Tue, July 1st, 2014 9:56pmWow I love the symbolism you used here :). Great poem, it's written perfectly. ~Poetic
Tue, July 22nd, 2014 2:48amWoah, this is wonderful! I can really feel the emotion in this piece, it's described so wonderfully and is written very well. My parents never divorced, but I could still feel everything in this poem. Great job! :)
Mon, August 11th, 2014 5:37pmMy parents fight sometimes, so I find this somewhat relatable. I like the idea and the emotion behind this poem. That said, you might want to look at your first two stanzas. The first stanza never actually has any subject noun, which isn't a bad thing if you were going for a certain effect with that. (It's actually pretty cool!) I'm just not sure that was your intent. In the second stanza, you might want to insert a verb in the first line so there's more of a description of the attacks. Of course, these are just little suggestions; it's still great the way it is! I'm giving it a like! :)
Tue, June 23rd, 2015 2:38amMy parents have been on the brink of divorce the last few years, so I know, somewhat, kind of but not really, how it goes down. My mom blamed me for it having gotten so bad (a time when I felt suicidal and like turning to running away) a little over a year ago. As for the poem itself, I actually really like how minimalist it is, it sets a good abstraction, and if you didn't tell what the poem was about, it could have been about anything; that being said, that may be the only weak point to this poem, not having enough context. My suggestion, and you don't have to do this, it's only a suggestion, would be to add at least one stanza that, still keeping its abstract tone, alludes to your parents divorcing. But it doesn't have to be clear, which is still good! Either way, I still really enjoyed the poem! Good work! Looking forward to more!
Tue, June 23rd, 2015 3:33amOh! I totally forgot about that "my family is broken" line! Never mind! Sorry! Haha
Tue, June 23rd, 2015 1:12pmSo sad I feel so sorry you had to go through it! It really hurts! The poem is so emotional!
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Thank you so much :)
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