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Broken Vase

Broken Vase The flea market Vibrant and full of trinkets Meandering and browsing Dreaming and wandering Wishing I was with my man There it was all alone in a stall A vase with love imprinted on the side So pretty, I could not resist So content with my purchase Off I went with my sunshine smile I set the vase on my dining table Beside the unopened mail As I reached for a letter The vase tumbled and shattered All over the floor Love was broken, existing no more I opened the letter With no return address Dear Aurore, I am so sorry I have found someone else I left the key under the mat The letter fell to the floor And that was that Shattered glass and love exists no more

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 7/22/2017 6:05:00 PM
Hhmm...the poor old sod must have had fading eyesight as well as being a remarkably bad decision maker. Where on earth would he manage to find someone prettier than you? Ah well no doubt he will live to regret it - Nicely espoused, Aurore! Best regards. :) john
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Date: 3/20/2017 5:02:00 PM
This is so well written, Aurore...it just tugs at the heart so strongly. I hope it is only fictitious. Thank you for your comment on my poem about my daughter. It touched my heart.
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Date: 3/11/2017 3:09:00 AM
A metaphorical broken vase stands in for broken love; it must have been too much to deal with...a double painful blow! Apart from the sad content, the poem itself is lovely. ~ Pleased to see you posting again, Aurore...a pleasant surprise:) Regards // paul
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Date: 3/9/2017 9:33:00 PM
He sounds like a scoundrel unworthy of a woman's love. This piece is well expressed, I hope it is not autobiographical.
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Date: 3/9/2017 7:09:00 AM
I like your metaphor, Aurore.
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Date: 3/9/2017 1:35:00 AM
Amazing Aurore
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Date: 3/9/2017 12:40:00 AM
Aurore! This is very captivating! conveying premonitory events...allusion...and metaphor. Well done my new friend. Big Hugggs. deb
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Deborah Burch
Date: 3/9/2017 12:41:00 AM
Form: free verse
Date: 3/8/2017 11:59:00 PM
Such a sad ending Aurore, hope it was fiction but I did enjoy your write, well done...
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Date: 3/8/2017 11:52:00 PM
Aurore....lyrical, builds with joy...then heartache, vivid emotion artfully displayed...your gift to us here at soup joins others, myself included, who freely express their hearts in poetry...art...makes no distinction whether or who the art is based on
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