Beauty In Brokenness

I see the beauty in your brokenness The brilliance in your sad eyes The exuberant smile tugging at your lips The passion that escapes in your touch The softness of your harsh words The tenderness of your anger I’m not afraid by your brokenness For I am broken too In different ways In different places Perhaps less obvious But broken nevertheless I welcome your brokenness For I know, it makes you need me It makes you want me to bind you together In a strong and shielding embrace… A restraining embrace that holds the brokenness together Not letting even one piece fall Not letting one piece crash You ask me how? How can I love a broken vessel? I can’t believe you don’t know the answer! Look at your reflection in my eyes Do you see any brokenness there? Look…you are beautiful, my love, my life In my eyes…there, there is the truth For I don’t see as others see My eyes see what lies inside this broken vessel… A heart that’s pure and devoted A spirit that was born to soar A soul that sanctifies And mind that invigorates I see…I see it all It doesn’t matter what the world sees I only see beauty Because you are mine You are MINE! Your brokenness allures me Come, my love Let us fuse our broken parts together And make each other whole! Eileen Manassian Ghali