Broken

Can you imagine how it is when,

water from ten broken dams

fill in your body and mind at once?

Can you imagine how it feels as

the gushing cold water

takes your body with it,

and you are pushed and twisted

against your will…

Can you imagine how,

your soul is then tossed up and down

lost in obscurity!

Your mind struggles to stay afloat,

fights to survive against the flow.

but overwhelmed at some point

it just wants to drown and let go!!

Can you imagine the pain when,

a huge spear goes through your heart,

punctures it brutally

and the blood gushes out….?

Your unaware mind goes numb

as you wonder if you can survive this one?

Will you be able to even seal this wound?

In your mind, you don’t want this to be your end!

And deep inside you are scared,

of what would be left of you

even if you survive!

Can you imagine what happens

when life hits hard 

like the numerous pellets of a shotgun,

that pierces through the body,

soul, heart and mind?

It perforates and shatters
the essence of being alive,

leaving one like the remnants

after a massive crash or a blast,

scattered into a so many pieces.

Life then feels like a jigsaw puzzle
but with few pieces missing,
here and there.

But the soul still struggling

in a futile attempt to repair

the damages left behind
by the pieces that disappeared in thin air!

© Archana Bora