I am a broken person
shattered from what I did not know
too late marks my heart
a painful brand that will weigh on it
everlasting are all the words left unsaid
knowing now your fall leaves me shaken
please be at peace
finally resting and loving yourself
your heart now can be undaunted
your physical shell finally shed
my mind grips at questions unanswered
knowing this decision might have been the right now
please sleep peaceful within my soul
I will hug and cradle you finally
hush and close those eyes for everlasting love is yours to hold
you have changed my life unknowingly
your wings will wash over my mind
please spread them and be free
This poem was written for someone that I love and honor, please be kind and understand that this is me bearing my soul to you, if you do not have something nice to say, please move on, this is not the place to be shallow with my emotions…I am truly broken right now.
Kristen Hope Mazzola 
John
April 12, 2013
May you be well.
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
Thank you!
cludbrook
April 12, 2013
I wish you peace & healing
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
Thank you!
Jonathan Caswell
April 12, 2013
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
djpr2001
April 12, 2013
Poetry is and can be so many things to so many people. For me, it has always been a big part of change, of mourning, of moving on or perhaps accepting that I cant. That’s all that truly matters. I think it’s lovely and I hope that the writing helps you to heal as well.
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
That is why I write, this is where the broke pieces of my soul begin their healing process 🙂 tHANK YOU SO READING MY WORK!
bluesage63Bluesage
April 12, 2013
peace and ♥
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
🙂 Thanks!
Nigel Carter
April 12, 2013
Beautiful words of a broken heart. May you find some peace and comfort in your time of darkness. No need to reply. I will say a prayer for you (I hope that doesn’t offend you).
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
Your words were so beautiful! Thank you for the support! And no that could never offend me!
Rich Devlin
April 12, 2013
My heart goes out to you. Beautiful writing expressing a tragic loss. Peace to you.
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
Thank you very much!
Rich Devlin
April 12, 2013
I hope these words of one of my favorite poets comforts you during this difficult time.
For the Family and Friends of a Suicide
by John O’Donahue from “To Bless the Space Between Us”
As you huddle around the torn silence,
Each by this lonely deed exiled
To a solitary confinement of soul.
May some small glow from what has been lost
Return like the kindness of candlelight.
As your eyes strain to sift
This sudden wall of dark
And no one can say why
In such a forsaken, secret way,
This death was sent for…
May one of the lovely hours
Of memory return
Like a field of ease
Among these graveled days.
May the Angel of Wisdom
Enter this ruin of absence
And guide your minds
To receive this bitter chalice
So that you do not damage yourselves
By attending only at the hungry altar
Of regret and anger and guilt.
May you be given some inkling
That there could be something else at work
And that what to you now seems
Dark, destructive and forlorn
Might be a destiny that looks different
From inside the eternal script.
May vision be granted to you
To see this with the eyes of providence.
May your loss become a sanctuary
Where new presence will dwell
To refine and enrich
The rest of your life
With courage and compassion.
And may your lost loved one
Enter into the beauty of eternal tranquility,
In that place where there is no more sorrow
Or separation or mourning or tears.
colcolbing
April 13, 2013
I have just read two beautiful and meaningful poems, I hope you find peace.
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
Thank you, I am on the journey to peace now 🙂
colcolbing
April 15, 2013
Glad to hear it.
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
This was so nice of you and those words are beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing that with me, I will be passing them along to many of my family members!
Dagmara Almand
April 14, 2013
i am so very truly sorry for your loss… what a beautiful way to show your love and honor someone you love through your words
you are in my thoughts.. god bless
Kristen Mazzola
April 15, 2013
You are so kind, thank you!
Folio and Ink
April 15, 2013
Beautiful writing expressing the inexpressible, but you have done so. The words “too late marks my heart” are just so achingly real, conveying everything. This is a truly expressive and soul felt elegy moving me to tears. Peace.
sonjadurand
April 16, 2013
This poem touched my heart. First, I would like to extend my support and good thoughts. Second, I would love to share this poem on my blog, if you are Ok with this.
Kristen Mazzola
April 16, 2013
Thank you so much for stopping by and reading my poem! Your kind words me so much to me. Thank you for asking and you are more than welcome to share my writing 🙂
sonjadurand
April 18, 2013
Reblogged this on sonjadurand and commented:
This poem, written by Kristen Mazzola, touched my heart so deeply, I asked her promission to share it on my blog. The ones who know me and the circumstances of the death of my brother, will probably have a notion of what touched me, But, poetry should just be experienced, and can touch different people in different ways. So, enjoy it in your own way!
(if you want to read more of Kristen, see khmazzola124.wordpress.com, she is an excellent writer)
Kristen Mazzola
April 18, 2013
Thank you so much for your kind words, I am so sorry for your loss. I am thankful that my writing might help heal in some way for you! Take care my friend 🙂
sonjadurand
April 18, 2013
I am healing, and I am also writing to heal. This time, the words that fit my emotions didn’t come from me, but from you. Strange, and lovely. Thank you for that!