Heartbroken is Love's Token
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Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. It's not just a repair technique, but also a philosophy that embraces imperfections and sees them as part of an object's history rvealed, rather than something to be hidden.
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Hearts must break to earn the token.
That love is tired and too softly spoken.
How else can a hurting heart bleed,
to reveal it’s overlooked and in need?
Gathering the pieces, starting anew.
is what helps true love pull through,
the slime and sludge of dreariness,
weighing the heart down with weariness.
Use the token, buy a sweet potion.
A balm to reset the heart in motion.
To lift its beat to quiver anew,
at what love's expectation can do.
Hearts don't have unbreakable skin.
Cracks let healing light get in.
They show you where to mend,
the wounds, to remake an old friend.
Don't hide the loss and grief
Cover with lacquer, and gold leaf,
Showing how the once heartbroken,
can become Kintsugi - love's token.
Copyright © John Anderson | Year Posted 2025
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