Pieces

By cre

Standing on feet that were bleeding
By a cold and crashing sea
Catching a sound in the distance
Like a child gently calling to me

I limped for a ways before seeing
The brokenness under my toes
Pieces of something once different
Fragments of something once whole

I was raining and crying in pieces
I was lost and alone on the floor
I was scattered and tattered and beaten
On the edge of a broken-shelled shore

I fell to my knees without feeling
The points as they punctured my skin
Cradling a shell that was shattered
And crying as I saw her within

She was tiny and silently hiding
In a corner of a very dark room
Child of a father turned rapist
In the shadow of childhood consumed

I was crying and dying in pieces
I was shattered and torn on the floor
I was scattered and tattered and beaten
On the edge of a broken-shelled shore

I gathered the brokenness to me
While my tears washed away all the dirt
Each little shred was a piece of the past
And I held in my heart the hell and the hurt

My fingers imparted to each forlorn bit
The pain and the love that I felt
And there on the beach a new growth began
As among all the pieces I knelt

I'd been shattered and scattered in pieces
I'd been left all alone on the floor
My teardrops were raining forever
On the edge of a broken-shelled shore

I was standing on feet that were stronger
By a wild and beautiful sea
And the song that I heard in the distance
Was the sound of my Soul finding Me.

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Copyright 2003 cre
Published on Saturday, April 12, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Wiccad On Sunday, January 17, 2010, Wiccad (125)By person wrote:

    Well deserved poem of the day. Such bravery.My Heart it goes out to you.

  • Demosthenes On Friday, July 2, 2004, Demosthenes (155)By person wrote:

    i havent read anything in a while. starting back up, thinking what better? you, and nothing else. you frighten me, thats how hard it hits, just the right way, flashing. -B

  • BoldSolitude On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, BoldSolitude (214)By person wrote:

    I liked the way you always seem to hold onto hope, even if by a thread in your writings. Maybe not so much hope but strength to overcome.

  • Mistress Morbid On Thursday, February 26, 2004, Mistress Morbid (405)By person wrote:

    Trials and tribulations, then growing stronger. I love this, it shows growing in time with strength.

  • Jonas On Monday, April 21, 2003, Jonas (720)By person wrote:

    this gave me the tinglies in my neck that i get when i read words that touch me...i can't even begin to tell you with any adequate words how excellent your work is and how much it means to me.

  • liquid_emotion On Monday, April 21, 2003, liquid_emotion (323)By person wrote:

    crashing into life.... inspiration at it's finest.

  • KittyStryker On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, KittyStryker (711)By person wrote:

    Good for you, puddin pop! ;)

  • A former member wrote: You are ingenious....Perfectly written!!

  • GreekPhilosopher On Monday, April 14, 2003, GreekPhilosopher (156)By person wrote:

    Superb Peice Of Work Here Cre... Every Time I Read Something Of Yours I am All The Better For It, And For That I Thank You.

  • A former member wrote: vastly amazing; i cant really bring any other words to mind at the moment, except maybe that you ARE the ultimate shiznit

  • A former member wrote: this is very powerful. the emotions are all expressed clearly, and the imagery is as if I were watching it on a high definition TV. beautiful. :)

  • shadowsinthelight On Sunday, April 13, 2003, shadowsinthelight (146)By person wrote:

    Another good song, Keep writing, S.

  • Stranger On Sunday, April 13, 2003, Stranger (264)By person wrote:

    Incredible. Powerful ending.

  • Sky Singer On Saturday, April 12, 2003, Sky Singer (153)By person wrote:

    beautifully written.... the ending is just... so ...wow. i can think of no other word to explain how this made me feel. Phenomenal piece

  • Six-Out On Saturday, April 12, 2003, Six-Out (1435)By person wrote:

    Jane, you are one of the best writers I have ever had the pleasure of reading. If you ever stop, I will hunt you down, take your brain, and connect it to a writing machine of some sort, you get the picture. Keep it up.

  • cre On Saturday, April 12, 2003, cre (411)By person wrote:

    Hmmm, I might like the prospect of you hunting me down :P

  • SnowQueen On Saturday, April 12, 2003, SnowQueen (59)By person wrote:

    I love it. The transformation and the ending.. I love it.


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