poem Breaking Their Heart, poem By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers

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Breaking Their Heart
“A close friend announces and important decision —
a career change, a sudden move across the country,
a sudden engagement. You know this is a terrible mistake.
How do you tell them without breaking their heart?”
Who has a heart that is broken sometimes
and what does it take to break a heart
just to master one change in life
well, you have to be a master at that skill
and that whole “juggling different issues”
thing, it is next to impossible
i’ve been through a lot lately
and some of it was bad and some of it was worse
and in the process i’ve lost my job,
i’ve lost my car, i’ve lost my home
come to think of it, for the most part i lost
my freedom, i’ve almost lost my life
and some of that could be terrible,
i’ll give you that
and some of it can be refreshing
if you decide to look at things that way
because with all that can happen
you can be liberated by it all
who has a heart that is broken sometimes
and what does it take to break a heart

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