a broken heart <br /> <br />you search <br />for metaphor <br />to begin with <br />collins? <br /> <br />yes, you got <br />it <br />a broken <br />wing <br /> <br />it cannot fly <br />but i prefer <br />a wing <br />clipped <br />like paper <br /> <br />or a wind <br />without wings <br /> <br />or a wing <br />without <br />the wind <br /> <br />or wingless winds <br />or windless <br />wings <br /> <br />the point <br />is <br />one can always be right <br />for as long <br />as one feels <br />for as long <br />as one <br />still writes <br />for as long as one still attempts to write what one feels <br />and feels what he writes for as long as longing still longs <br /> <br />a broken wing <br />can always be a broken heart <br /> <br />a metaphor to always begin with<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-broken-heart-24/