Chalice

Broken
The crystal chalice in a million pieces
On the floor
The tiny shards slipped through the cracks
In your rage
You knocked it from its guarded shelf
Without a care
Destroyed its delicate design
You told her once
That she meant more than precious silver
That you would give
Your life to stay there by her side
Just a lie
You waited til she grasped your bait
Then pulled her down
Enjoyed her pain and watched her cry
In due time
You'll put your chalice back together
Though she'll forgive
The cracks will still remain behind

Reviews

[Aggie Skeleton]

That was a very delicate poem, it made me think of weaknesses and love and how really fragile it is. It is telling about hard truth, it's true that broken glass can never be fixed, but nither can the heart of a girl. Hm, try telling that to my darling Donatello.

[Doreen]

A delicate and beautiful way to portray a hard truth. Nicely done.

[Angie Diane♥&hea..]

Yes, this was very good. I know that a broken glass could never be repaired. It is kind of like someone's heart that was damaged so severe. A girl may forgive someone, but there heart is sill damaged. Thanks for sharing.

[Shalini Dinesh (Poet's ..]

A very beautiful poem, never can a broken glass be repaired...
In my mother tongue (tamil) there is a great saying "Thiyinaal sutta pun ullaarum, anaal, aarathey navinaal sutta vadu" which means, even the hurt cause by fire will get cured but the hurt caused by words will never be cured...

a very powerful poem...

[Desert Dreamer]

Your final line gives this poem a lot of power. Those cracks always remain.

[HorrorMaster]

Very good I like it.

[Ruth]

Cracks always remain, however much we superglue the fractures together but life can flow easier after the initial shatter!
Beautifully moving poem love
xx

[Ashesh]

This is a bitter-truth.. It's haunting.. I am ashamed of myself. Sadly, because I can relate to it!
Excellent piece of writing. An eye opening poem.

[Senseless whatever]

Outstanding write. The visuals and the flow are just great. This has the look/ feel of two poems mingling to make one great one.

[Chantel]

I loved the symbolism and the point of the poem...also your word choice and how you set this up was excellent, the very words seemed fragile as I read them...awesome work :)