Online Memorial Tribute

A Heart Once Whole

A heart once whole, filled with joy,
That sang with gladness each new morn,
Is torn and bleeding, jagged wounds
Hiding pain behind a mask that's worn.

No one can see the terrible scars,
Shattered heart that can not sleep.
It's hidden well, silently screaming
Cradled in a pool of tears, so deep.

A mother's heart is strong and sturdy
To hold the love and pain it must bear.
But when it loses the child it loves
Ripped apart, it lies bleeding there.

How can a heart so hurt and broken,
Have the strength for carrying on?
How can it find the courage and will
With so much of it torn away and gone?

Questions, no answers. Broken hearts
Still beat. No reason for How or Why.
Will it mend? Will it ever feel joy?
Healing so slowly as time passes by.

Waiting and longing for THAT time
To see you, touch you once again!
One day at a time is all I can do.
Heaven is where broken hearts mend.

by Karen McCombs
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