Shattered Pieces of Love

Shattered Pieces of Love

rotting, festering flesh of the spirit,
eating away at happiness and peace,
the only harvest of hate and revenge.

self-loathing, worse than
the putrid nausea we feel for the
one who stole our light.

self-imposed indictment,
spiritual disease,
ravaged remains of our forgotten joy.

penicillin for these maladies,
genuinely letting go of the evil
bestowed upon us--no small task.

search our hearts for shattered pieces of love,
enough to wake our dying souls,
perhaps to heal our broken will.

May God have mercy on victims of child abuse.
May He give them a voice to scream out their rage,
and bless them with courage to forgive and heal.



Pat Nelson
December 23, 2008
Re-worked March 10, 2011
First Place in "Poetry's Prism " 

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