156. YOU PICKED UP MY HEART

(Credits and appreciation to the owner of this picture
Written on behalf of Nella))

Darkness loomed 

over my head

and air seemed 

to have thinned down

and the walls seemed 

to close upon me

life slowly withdrew 

from my body

I needed support 

to lean on

I needed light 

to get through

I needed words 

as comfort

I needed love

I needed you

When I had given 

all of my trust

and almost all 

of my life to him

he walked away 

and left me to die

to mourn his loss 

in such grim

Then you came by

like a faint breeze

blowing sense into

my tired mind

and you picked up

the pieces of

my broken heart

and made it whole

Now you're also gone

leaving me broken

like I was before

but even worse

because I thought

you'd stay a little 

longer if not

forever

And here I am

nursing a broken heart

and a wretched soul

dragging myself to

continue my journey of life 

and to cherish your gift 

of a beauitful child -

your son

- © M@t@Maya (16 January 2014)

153. BROKEN

(Credit & appreciation to the owner of this picture)

The sky is your roof

The ground is your bed

Each day a laboured one

Each night in cold sweat 

That once manly body 

now haggard and weary

And that brawny skin

now covered with dirt

Yet in that peaceful slumber

I see no hatred

I see no anger just pain

and may be regret

Your heart must have been

Broken a hundred times

Your tears must have frozen

Or they have just run dry

What might be the reason 

for such great suffering?

Why have life been so cruel? 

Was it her or was it you?

How many would care to know

How many bother to see

the pain that you bear

in such adversity?

If I know where you are

I would ask how might I help

May be share my lunches

or have my dinners instead

To God in heaven I can only pray

to ease your burden each passing day

To grant you mercy and forgiveness

To guide you again and show you the way

- © M@t@Maya (01-09-2013)

23. THE WORLD OF BROKEN MEN AND WOMEN

As I walked along the beach in my mind once more

Old thoughts and memories came back to haunt me

The familiar heartache felt too painful to bear

The sense of hopelessness bore down on my knees

I hate this familiar world in which I once lived

When my heart was wrecked in a storm of broken vows

It was a world where the sky mourned in deep violet

And the rippling sea yielded its emerald jealousy

This was a world where I felt the air was thick

With salty tears from broken hearted people

Crying their eyes out till their tears run dry

Where the sandy beach was blushing with anger

At those heartless folks who had wounded people

Like me, who had given up everything we had

For the love of someone we thought would stay by us

Till the days are out numbered by eternity

This was a world of complete silence and loneliness

A world where broken vows and broken dreams replaced

The leaves and the flowers, the fleeting butterflies

A world where the sun sets in the east and two moons

Chased each other across the deep violet skies

This is the world of broken men and broken women

Who had been cheated and mistreated by those

Who came along or just passing by to peddle their

Hearts upon their sleeves.............

- M@t@Maya (© 19-04-2009)