Cona Adams Poet List

Things That Break

A broken vase
is mendable
with a bit of glue.

Silver solder
repairs a rip in metal.

New parts often
keep the car running.

A doctor plasters
a broken bone.

New shingles replace
a worn-out roof.

Road crews pour asphalt
into dangerous pot holes.

Planks of wood
restore barn doors.

No substance on earth
can mend a broken heart.

Time is the only cure;
 healing is slower than molasses.

Sometimes, grief-gouged wounds
leave shadows
reaching into eternity.

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M. L. Kiser December 31, 2014 at 4:13 PM So true, indeed...some wounds never heal. Cona Adams December 31, 2014 at 6:23 PM Perhaps not completely, but writing about them is cathartic, and scars form to help seal out the pain. Thanks for visiting, M. L. Have a happy, happy new year!

Donovan Willis December 24, 2014 at 12:54 AM Salient. Some things take a lot of time. Thanks for the poem. Cona Adams December 24, 2014 at 6:42 AM Thank you, Donovan, for reading and for your comment. Yes, the passing of time does change things, but not always as quickly as we would like.

M. L. Kiser December 22, 2014 at 1:16 PM On behalf of all of the gouged...thank you. Cona Adams December 22, 2014 at 5:06 PM Thanks for visiting to read, M. L. Have a great Christmas!

Eve Roper December 19, 2014 at 10:18 AM Time is the only cure, Cona, and someone to be there with for you. Blessings and Merry Christmas to you and yours Cona Adams December 19, 2014 at 2:09 PM Thank you, Eve. Blessings and Merry Christmas to you as well.