Broken

Once whole, now broken;

Life’s mirror reflects a thousand pieces.

Once meaningful, the world’s token;

The light of the mirror now ceases.

Once whole, now broken;

Our lives once vocal, now unspoken.

How can we make the pieces whole,

Scattered as they are across life’s atoll.

Once whole, now broken;

Earth once reflected in the eternal mirror.

Now shattered into billions of atoms;

No one on earth rightly fathoms.

Once whole, now broken;

The truth known as one truth.

Now a thousand shattered truths,

We only cling to our own truth.

Once whole, now broken;

The heart beats as one,

Now shattered completely undone,

Broken on shallow dreams we cleverly spun.

Once whole, now broken;

The day’s rays bow to twilight.

The flickering light of dusk

Soon extinguished in a dark hush.

Once whole and never broken;

The soul always remains whole.

A tabula rasa turned plenitude rife,

Jumbled pieces all fit as a single life.