“I’m Broken,” Says She
“I’m broken,” says she
With a look all too sad
“And until I can fix me
it’ll always end bad”
I looked her once over
And then did it again
Was she really so broken?
Did she need a good mend?
Yes it’s true, she could sometimes
Bite your head clean in two
And she was occasionally known
To be ornery and rude
And she’d push you away
For no reason at all
And she’d look for your faults
So the end she could call
Yet as I looked her once over
And then did it again
I found nothing broken
There was nothing to mend
I saw a strong mother
First and foremost
And then after that
So many reasons to boast
Kindhearted And kind
Nearly all of the time
Her laugh hit the heart
As it certainly did mine
So many harsh obstacles
She has now overcome
To make sure that she’s covered
To make sure that she’s won
A future she’s built
So her kids will not suffer
Assurances she’s made
To give her family that buffer
And she’s beautiful too
There’s no way not to see
One look at this woman
Puts your eyes at great ease
Yes, perhaps she is broken
In such very small ways
But maybe that’s perfect
At the end of the day
Cause I’m broken too
In my own different ways
And will always be flawed
Under anyone’s gaze
I can get so annoyed
At the simplest of things
I can expect way too much
Of what others can bring
I do stupid things
Cause I just want to do them
I sometimes break rules
Cause it makes me feel human
And at the end of the day
Isn’t life’s biggest of tricks
Finding someone who cherishes
The things that need fixed?
Someone who accepts us
Even though we be flawed?
A person who knows us
And is still left in awe?
Because life isn’t about
Finding someone undamaged
Or someone who’s never
Seen her share of bandages
It’s about finding that one
Who despite all her flaws
Is somehow quite perfect
Imperfections and all
Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing
PS. Would love your comments on this poem.
Dan, this poem really spoke to me. I have been very broken ever since childhood abuse. I took a copy of it to my therapist yesterday. She read it back to me and it hit me as to why I liked it. You wrote this about me - for me! It so melted my heart. Thank you so much.
This is lovely. I will be printing this out on nice stationary and hanging it up in my room. Well done as usual, Dan!
Great poem! - going through divorce right now and it really made me hopeful. Thanks!
If you're not slightly broken, you're not human.
Love this poem, Dan. And being a little bit broken myself, I appreciate it. :-)
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This is beautiful... I love this more than I can even describe right now...
Isn't it funny how we (I do anyway) push people away for the simple reason that they might see that we aren't perfect and we have already decided they won't be able to handle it. Where does that come from? Like you said, that is what makes us perfect. This is one of the most frustrating parts of my personality!!! Maybe its a mom thing? Good poem!
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I feel this. Thanks for sharing.
Love it! I am also broken in small ways, but I try to look at what has made me strong. I left an abusive situation with no idea where I was going or if my children and I had a place to go. I started school again to get a degree for the career that I want and he always told me I was to stupid to have. I have learned to see my faults and even appreciate them. It wasn't all him, I did a great deal of damage in the marriage too. I may not know what I want, but I know what I don't want. I don't want someone "perfect" I want someone human, like me.
Poetry takes many different forms.. each unique in their own way.. much like us humans! This was beautiful!
Wonderful poem!! Funny, a while back, somewhere on one of my blogs, I said something about how owning up to our brokenness is the only way we can begin to move toward wholeness, and only with other broken people. Here's to all of us who are broken too!
I like it. It says more than you might realize.
Waste of time. Very Amateurish.
Absolutely FANTASTIC poem!
I found myself sing-songing while reading it. It was kind of a Dr. Seuss moment. Great fun and great work!
Ya did great.. I hope you finally find the one that completes you and get the happily ever after.
We're all "broken" in one way or another. We just need to find the person who can glue us back together and not mind all of the cracks!! :-)
Nice work!
If someone wrote this poem about me....they'd get to marvel at my brokenness for a long time. So sweet. Love it.
I haven't read it, but as a (former?) poet I am liking in agreement. Women will, indeed, "do that to ya".
I really liked your poem. It's a little rough around the edges but it's from the heart and it expresses a kindness toward another that is not often found in people. Your introspection about your own "brokenness" was very self-aware and open. Thank you, Dan, for sharing your poetry.
You truly capture how I believe both sides feel... Beautiful Dan.
Wow - I was Thinkling how does he know me so well... We never dated! Eerily uncanny, deep and accurate portray..
I love this poem. I have said that exact thing to men before...that I am broken. And I am but you are exactly right. In some ways we are all broken. I hope that some day I can find someone who loves me despite all my cracks and missing pieces.
Perfect
Thanks. I know that theres a someone who will love my rough edges because I have friends who love on me even when I'm at my roughest. This moved me, and I wanted to make sure you were told that it was appreciated. 'cause the internet's got her rough edges too, and you see a lot of them.
i really less than three this! re-posting! you rock, my friend :)
'tis beautiful, Dan. Was me once, but now I'm shattered.
this reminds me of how i feel a lot of the time and many conversations between my husband and i. good work.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that!! Is it about me? How did you know? And, gosh, thanks.
Oh Dan, you are such marriage material for the right woman! I loved this one!
I HAD to repost this on my page Dan, You hit the nail on the head with this write.. Thank you for sharing it with us.
'And at the end of the day Isn’t life’s biggest of tricks Finding someone who cherishes The things that need fixed?'
Wow. Love it!
So saw myself in this poem. Was nice to see it from both sides.
LOVE it!! VERY, VERY good!!
This is amazing.
Awesome!
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Sweet and true : )
Oh man, you got me with this. I don't let much get past my armor and this slid right past. I am one who says that they are broken. I am to the point where I am going to take a huge step and walk away from one who has made me feel broken and not good enough for the past 7 years. I am scared to death, but know that I have to do this, yet how do you pick up those broken pieces and try to fit them together and go on? When it feels like your life has been shattered into a million and some are missing? Going on for your kids, wrapping them in love and trying to shield them, all the while you lose yourself. Losing every aspect of yourself in protecting them. I can understand being broken.
thanks for splendid renewal of incite to living
How ironic, I just made that comment about myself just last week..
If someone hasn't been broken (at our age), I don't trust them. Broken is beautiful. Especially when it brings about slow, unhurried, true change. Great read!
This is absolutely brilliant! If my husband had these words, this would be exactly what he would say. You have expressed the thoughts & feelings of a few great men out there who truly understand. Thank you!
This is absolutely brilliant! If my husband had these words, this would be exactly what he would say. You have expressed the thoughts & feelings of a few great men out there who truly understand. Thank you!
Dan, too often in my life I have felt broken. I have been laid out flat on the floor as I try and pick up pieces of myself. While I am there I feel like no one can love me or need me. Your poem helped me to see that I am worth loving, I have a lot to give and I can be proud of myself as a mother. Thank you for this beautiful gift and the feeling that it is okay to be broken.
Awesome - Thanks for sharing :)