A broken heart within me knows, <br />What loneliness is... <br />When it is left to linger, <br />And slowly grows to wither in wishes! <br /> <br />A happiness living outside is dismissed. <br />For what it is. <br />Because it isn't felt, <br />From inside... <br />With a gladness that appears. <br /> <br />It's much too late to date a memory! <br />When fading ushers its leaving. <br />No one else can see it drift. <br />Yet an emptiness is hinged... <br />To a pain remaining that is grieving, <br />Within. <br /> <br />Time gone, <br />Like the wind blows, <br />Never returns again! <br />Not to visit in inquisitive sits... <br />With the one excited to be near, <br />In benefitted moments held dear. <br /> <br />It's much too late to date a memory! <br />When fading ushers its leaving. <br />No one else can see it drift. <br />Yet an emptiness is hinged... <br />To a pain remaining that is grieving, <br />Within. <br /> <br />A broken heart within me knows, <br />What loneliness is... <br />When it is left to linger, <br />And slowly grows to wither in wishes! <br /> <br />A happiness living outside is dismissed. <br />For what it is. <br />Because it isn't felt, <br />From inside... <br />With a gladness that appears. <br /> <br />Time gone, <br />Like the wind blows, <br />Never returns again! <br />Not to visit in inquisitive sits... <br />With the one excited to be near <br />In benefitted moments held dear.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-broken-heart-within/
