Kintsukuroi

Your love is lost your heart is shattered
mosaicked by a complex of cracks,
wordy weapons leave it tattered
the battle scars of life’s attacks.

Shrouded in a blanket of pain,
you think love’s gone, remote, extinct,
in time it will rekindle again
for life and death are closely linked.

In dark despair, pique's deepest cold
is thawed in the refiners furnace, 
there love's small fruit is turned to gold
a warmth you can tenderly embrace.

There those battered shards are gently gilt    
becoming a new love token,
where repaired and lovingly rebuilt
you’re more beautiful for being broken

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 1/27/2016 1:39:00 PM
RACHEL, A great pleasure to find and read the inspiration poured from your pen today. Love ** SKAT *
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Date: 1/22/2014 10:35:00 PM
I loved the last line, Congratulations on the win
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Rachel Fawcett
Date: 1/23/2014 5:10:00 AM
thanks
Date: 1/19/2014 7:07:00 PM
"More beautiful for being broken"--- well said. Congrats, Rachel!
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Rachel Fawcett
Date: 1/23/2014 5:10:00 AM
thank you
Date: 1/18/2014 8:59:00 AM
Excellent, Congratulations.
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Rachel Fawcett
Date: 1/18/2014 11:28:00 AM
thank you
Date: 1/18/2014 3:58:00 AM
Really enjoyed these words ...Seren
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Rachel Fawcett
Date: 1/18/2014 5:53:00 AM
I'm glad you enjoyed my poem
Date: 1/17/2014 8:43:00 PM
Great write and imagery, congrats on the fine win, Rachel
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Rachel Fawcett
Date: 1/18/2014 5:51:00 AM
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. I feel really excited to have won the competition.
Date: 1/17/2014 7:13:00 PM
Wonderful rhyme. I like where you took this poem, a perfect definition of the extended metaphor. Congratulations on the top win.
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Rachel Fawcett
Date: 1/18/2014 5:48:00 AM
I'm really pleased you enjoyed my poem. Thank you so much for giving me first place, that's awesome. You've made my day.
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