Broken
Christina Biasiello 1983 (Philly)
I'm broken
Sad and solemn
Lost and hopeless
My whole world seems gray
My pieces shatter
Over and over again
I watch them shatter
I scramble up the pieces
I put them back together
Empty holes remain
where pieces used to be
On the outside I look together
But with a slight breeze
I crumble to the ground.
Falling
Failing
Empty
Broken
I desperately want to be whole.
I want to make myself whole
But I can't
I don't know how.
I don't know why.
I wish...
I was enough for me
I wish...
I could mend my heart
Just enough to love...
Me
I break
I build
I wither
I stand
I fall
I rise
And still...
I'm broken
Well...
Broken crayons still color
Mosaic master pieces
Are made from broken shards of glass
A chrysalis is broken
And a butterfly emerges
In all its glory
I am the broken crayon
Coloring my story boldly
The broken shards of glass
Forming unique works of art
I am the emerging butterfly
With wet wings waiting to flutter
I'm broken
But...
My broken is beautiful
About this poem
Something to help put the pieces back together.
Font size:
Written on October 17, 2020
Submitted by cbiasiello610 on January 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 1:02 min read
- 13 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axxxbxbcbxdbxxeeda ffxxgHdHixdxxbxxxxA xbcjaxdxdjigbAxx |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 973 |
Words | 203 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 19, 16 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Broken" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/117860/broken>.
Discuss the poem Broken with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In