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Broken Glass Between Us

January 4, 2026
By Shade1987 BRONZE, Billings, Montana
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Favorite Quote:
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—<br /> I took the one less traveled by.”<br /> — Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken”

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I never called.
The weight was too heavy,
the silence is too sharp.

Still, you text me sometimes,
as if you don’t see
the broken glass
scattered between our feet.

In my head I hear it—
you’re the bad guy,
you never reached out,
you blindsided her.

But what about me?
My emotions went numb
whenever I stood beside you.
Maybe that is how
someone becomes the villain:
not with cruelty,
but by retreating into silence.

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This poem reflects a pain we all know.

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