Prompt Poetry Day 9

Broken Can Be Beautiful Again

Just change the way you look at it

‘‘I am broken, forever.’’ She groaned in pain, She’d never look beautiful, this thought had stuck in her brain.

He picked up a maple leaf and placed it on her palm, which distracted her for a moment and brought a sense of calm.

‘’This leaf is broken, but don't you find it beautiful? Unlike you, they don't cry ever or stop being dutiful.’’

She stared at the leaf that shined in all its glory, she said she loved him but let’s leave it for another story.

©Bhavna Narula, 2021. All rights are reserved by the author.

There are certain incidents in our lives that break us apart, either physically, emotionally, or financially. These times can be tough to handle but giving up should never be an option. If we ever run out of inspiration, nature is always ready to embrace us with open arms. It always reminds us that the autumn season though depressing decorates the roads with bright orange maple leaves and promises for even a better-looking tree by the time the next season arrives. Beautiful, isn't it?

Thank you, Sahil Patel, for this prompt. It took me days to come up with an idea. I hope I did some justice to this prompt. Here is the prompt by him, please do check it out.

I am sure the talented people below have come up with amazing versions for this prompt. Good luck to them all—

Dr. Fatima Imam, Josh Balerite Acol, A Rustic Mind (Manali Desai), Geetika Sethi, Ntathu Allen, Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她), Dr. Preeti Singh

Thank you for reading.