Advice on fixing a broken heart

Find a quiet place

far from people and busy picket fences

Listen

to the sounds

around you.

Count them,

all the different ones.

When you cannot hear

anything else

speak out loud

to your own heart, and say, 

"Speak to me, my heart"

and then listen.

If you hear nothing,

for a day, or a week, 

that's okay

for a broken heart

needs time to speak

give it as much time 

as it needs.

But when the day arrives

and its words start to flow

be ready with a keen pencil

and record all its musings

and while you write, 

even if it's for a month,

or a year,

your healing 

will begin.

Reviews

[Neville]

Now that, is precisely what poets do, my friend.... cathartic this writing lark and true, a novel panacea, if ever there was.......... Neville

[barleygirl]

This is so imaginative & beautiful. The way you paint this scenario feels whimsical all along & then at the end we are bowled over by the deep abiding sense that your advice makes. I love the way you put your words into a conversational tone with a lyrical feel to it. I love the way your advice doesn’t have a bit of preachiness to it, no impatience, just the sincere understanding of how it goes with a broken heart (love the part where you say “take your time” with a variety of creative details). Fondly, Margie

[Chris Shaw]

We all have to heal in our own way and our own time. Broken hearts suck though. Love the image you have posted with your poem.

Thank you

Chris

[sette]

thanks for the advice but still hard to follow will take time to heal