The _____, the Whole _____, and Nothing But the _____

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The _____, the Whole _____, and Nothing But the _____

The old fashioned jar
of handmade, garden picked, grape jam,
seems like a gesture of peace. 
After years of disconnection,
years of regret and of anger pointed inwards,
this mason jar of purple-goo jelly arrives. 
The day was but a frail whisper, 
with a hot burning sun setting
almost as swiftly as it had arisen,
only proving how quickly you can go back
and change what seemed to have been set in stone.
Though the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth
hadn't risen from the grave on which he danced,
this innocent offering
made up for the spiteful words they'd screamed

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The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

brokenhearted11’s Poems (88)

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title coming soon... or not I HAVE NO TITLE sorry oh wait nobody's reading this 1
Rachel's Sonnet 1
Daddy's Liquor (The Trigger Poem) 2
Now 1
Emma the Flautist 1
Ana Thoughts 0
Peristalsis 0
Late At Night... 0
The Calm Before the Storm 3
The _____, the Whole _____, and Nothing But the _____ 0
Estival Grins 2
On The Way 0
Sympathetic 0
Just Remember 1
Track Star 1
OW! 2
Pinball Screams 2
Something About Fragility 2
Slamming Doors and Sleepless Nights 4
This Side of Heartbreak 1
Black Lace Ribbon 2
I Need a Can of Paint 3
14 Stories Up 2
Last Summer 3
Sardonic Words 4
Cold Tile 4
Blackberry Fingers 4
Trick of the Lights... 4
Dancing Mind 5
January Air 8
Sunday Morning 4
Chase Me 8
Almost Suicide 4
Falling Flat 3
Float 7
Collapse 4
Too Old to be Young, Too Young to be Old 3
The Blare of the Band 1
A Dream that Passed 1
Hope to Hope 2
Knife 1
Be Okay 1
2 Missed Texts 2
Wasn't Dreaming 1
Screw Normal 1
Lacking Mind 1
Too Much to Bear Alone 1
Happy... Again. 1
The Back of Your Mind 1
Let the Water Take Me 5
Do You Ever... 3
Your Kiss 3
Love 5
Put It Down Child 9
Causing Me Harm 5
I Miss You 7
To Be a Kid 7
I Must 12
Makai 10
You Try 2
She 5
My Own Person 2
Fear + Anger = Power 3
"A Cycle" OR "Cut" 3
Meow 1
Goodbye 2
He is Fire 2
A Whisper in the Night 2
I Try 2
Clichés and Stereotypes 6
Not Him 1
Truth 2
Time 1
SNAP or EVERY DAY 0
Gone 0
Pretending 1
All the Help You can Get 1
I Loved You 2
Burdens 1
Fear 2
I Know Not 1
Never Ever 1
Understanding 1
Art 1
The Ocean is Part of the Healing 1
My Heart 1
I Know That Heart 2
"His Fault" 2