Broken

A narrow stick may split when it’s been jumped on

More stable is the wooden planking in a fence

An arrow might fracture when it is shot off

And hits something inflexible or dense

A glass cup will break hitting a cement floor

A window may shatter with a rock that’s thrown

Your leg could be crushed if you love sports

And play a lot of football on your own

You promote a failing heart using tobacco

Fat and sugar contribute to the problem too

Heart attacks are mostly unexpected

When they occur there’s not much you can do

The wood and glass are objects that aren’t living

But the heart is active and always pumping blood

There’s something else that might cause the heart to break

While it’s still alive and beating as it should

This most often occurs when your fond feelings

Are saddened by love lost or one’s demise

Worse yet is a heart abused, or one downtrodden

A wound that affects both the foolish and the wise

The broken man whose overworked or sickly

Is browbeaten, he can't take it any more

The injury will cause him to be hampered

But a broken spirit will take him to the floor

The body, feelings or spirit can be broken

The physical is the easiest to fix

The browbeaten and downtrodden are much harder

And a spirit healed is the hardest one to get

--c aaron