A pure heart, once whole and unscathed,
believed to be strong and unbreakable
like a statue carved in a granite stone.
 
Now hardened by the constant anguish
of the harsh circumstances in life,
then a fissure in the stone implodes.
 
The heart shatters like broken panes of glass.
Fragmented into tiny sharp pieces,
the shards are honed into dagger-like points.
 
Razor-edged shards inflict painful wounds
into an organ once beating with love,
now bleeding free from the lacerations.
 
Thoughts no longer intact or untouched,
no longer capable of reasoning.
Rational thinking is lost to the dark depths.
 
A soul destroyed by a constant barrage.
A body is crushed by the weight of the world.
The mind is beaten into submission.
 
A spirit is broken like a wild stallion, 
subdued and tamed by rawhide whips,
defeated by endless suffering.