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Broken Together

by rose345

You broke me Then came back for me Put me together Sweep the pieces Bandaid the gaping wounds The blood is on your hands From both hurting and healing me Kill two birds One rock Make me hate you but I still need you I am broken because of you And that's because you're broken too I hate you But life without you would kill me So I let you push me To the edge And then come with a rope To pull me back And show me how much you "love" me So you stay Because I am broken With you Because of you And I would rather be broken together Than go through this alone
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I am a student in a rural Midwest town. I hope someday to be a lawyer or a psychologist. Remember to always live life to the fullest because you never know where life will take you. Be the light! Leave a comment if my poem meant something to you☀

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▾ This Poem's Voice

Your Poem's Voice

PersonalThemeAbstract

Deeply personal relationship dysfunction; autobiographical emotional narrative

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple interconnected ideas: betrayal, healing, codependency, self-awareness compressed densely

DarkSentimentBright

Strongly negative: hatred, harm, wounds, brokenness dominate despite some acceptance

StillEnergyExplosive

Visceral verbs: broke, sweep, bandaid, kill, hate, push; intense emotional turbulence

MicroLengthEpic

27 lines; falls in 16-30 range

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Metaphors (broken, gaping wounds), symbolic language (rope, bandaid, birds/rock)

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric introspection; internal monologue examining speaker's own emotional state

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