Wednesday's Verse - Broken Days

This week’s verse moves from a speculative verse about the future of April Fool's Day to a reflective poem about recovering from setbacks in life. It is taken from Another 365 Days of Poetry, a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2019.

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Broken Days

Leave the broken days by the road

You cannot walk with a doubled load

You cannot fly when your heart is bare

And scored and bloody with no way to care

You cannot mend when the old wounds drag

And fester long, or when your spirits sag

Beneath the weight of troubles old,

And bad deeds for which there is no cure told

Injustice, unfairness, things that cannot be fixed

Or righted or mended, those injuries stick

And all you can do is take one more step

And leave them behind even though they affect

Your days for far longer than they have any right

Keep on walking, their grip loosens, if you don’t hold them tight

Keep on walking, and live. Focus on what you want next

Take courage and hold those new dreams to your chest

Take courage and steps to make those new dreams come true

And the old hurts and angers will slowly come loose.

Those old wounds will still catch on the cold depressed days

And the scars that they leave might never fade

But the pain that you feel, will gradually ease

If you focus on moving forward in spite of your fears.

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You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year.

books2read.com/u/mVLQZb

books2read.com/u/bxgyLd