Broken

the mind is a cruel place

inhabited by carnivores and beasts

eager to tear to shreds innocence and bliss

until all light of hope does cease

the catalyst to pull the trigger

is never notwithstanding, always fueled

ready to assemble an arsenal of doubt

exposing the games of the fooled

alas! the bravery takes hold,

if only for a raw and decisive flash;

and then just as sudden,

the clarity vanishes into air as ash..

the heart is  a treacherous thing,

for moments later it comes bombarding..

playing instruments out of tune

and a story of misery hardening.

as two giants, these two battle-

neither relenting, nor backing down

leaving behind an array of fragments;

memories  fallen from heaven to ground.

at last the war is subsiding,

every side admitting defeat-

for in a sequence of wrath and light

there’s no victory, filing and sweet.

only remains lay strewn,

and only illusions left un-mended;

just a scar hitherto, a wound under the surface

confirmation of truth

of what has all but bitterly ended..

GT