Broken Wing of a Friend

There is  a winding road that passes  by my lips
and runs across my skin. 
When I cry it crosses  the music  of my face
‘til my heart sings again.

A long time ago, I could not understand,
how to have the will  
to let things go.
Now I’ve learned to let that winding road
display what I did not know.

Sometimes I yearned to growl  and taste  the pain

of  the  tear’s of  another heart.
I forgot  to take a place  inside their skin ,
feel the truth of their hurt.

There is a winding road that passes by my lips  
and runs across my skin.
It  reminds me  to see  what lies underneath ,
the broken wing of a friend.

Author's Note

Artist: littlenad1 on Deviantart.com

Reviews

[Pete Langley]

Some of the feelings this poem evokes in me are uncomfortable. The track of our lives teaches us and scars us in turn. How many of the scars of the people close to us can we take on....how willing are we to share the burden of them? This poem provokes and prods the conscience. P.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Pete :)

[Cassie]

I love the message in this poem. Such a nice read

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Cassie :)

[Lily Finch]

so beautiful

Sometimes I yearned to growl and taste the pain
of the tear’s of another heart.
I forgot to take a place inside their skin ,
feel the truth of their hurt.
but these line so lovely

[Jack...]

I just had to read this again. This is so beautiful and appropriate right now. Neva, you amaze me

[Leigh]

You are showing that others are a part of your own consciousness and how you have been able to reach out to care for them, this is sensitive and caring, it explains how complex us humans are.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Leigh :)

[disheveledApathy]

Empathy, empathy, put yourself in place of me. . . Sorry, it just popped in my head.

Brilliant poem, as usual. Your metaphors construct a canvas on which your words paint a masterpiece! ;)

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Mercanta Stone :)

[Veronica Chandler]

An important reminder we would all do well to embrace; penned in such a loving manner as to elicit sensitivity and awareness in the reader. Such a tenderly biting and honestly look at "...tears of another's heart"

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Veronica :)

[Don Shaw]

awesome!

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Don :)

[Levi Levin]

Nice poem Neva:) I have had a winding road or two as well.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Levi :)

[Levi Levin]

Your welcome and I'm sorry so long of responding. I just recovered my password-Lol

[Michael G.]

Good, caring thought. A very easy read.

[Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm]

Thank you Michael :)