Eliza Connolly

I teach English and history to high school kids and enjoy writing.
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Broken

Broken.
only ever Broken.
inherently Flawed.
Defective Damaged Deficient
Blemished Marred and Spoiled
A fundamental Failure with frames
Unhinged, the Truth laid bare.
though always wanting, only faulty It remains.

But maybe…
‘but maybe’ nothing
there are no ‘buts’ or ‘maybes’
just the purest form of Brokenness
imbued within the body

deeper than flesh
deeper than even mind

Broken.

It is
Internal.
Intestinal.
Innate.
Ingrained.

It is not vague or uncertain
It is not shattered fragments
to be gently collected and repaired like Kintsugi
with its breakages dusted with gold and made useful once again.

It is permanently etched into the soul
forever entrenched
never to be removed.
It is embodied within one’s bones and blood
but does not allow room for the Self because the Self can only exist without It

It was the alpha, and It will be the omega.
For who can remove a fixture of such depth and definitiveness?

No one.

It will forever be Broken
only ever Broken

for I am innately inherently fundamentally

Broken.
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