THEY SAY THAT BROKEN
COULD BECOME GOLDEN
I’D LIKE TO BELIEVE
BUT MY HUMAN EXPERIENCE
PROVES ME OTHERWISE
SOME
THINGS
ARE
BEYOND
REPAIR
THE GOLDEN PARTS
EVENTUALLY GLUE OFF
AND REPAIRED NEEDS REPAIRING
OR AM I MISSING SOMETHING?
THOSE PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN SO WELL REPAIRED
I FORGET THEY WERE BROKEN ONCE
ATTENTION GIVEN ONLY TO THE PLACES THAT ACHE
IT’S NATURAL
WHAT DOESN’T STING US
FALLS OUT OF FOCUS
IT IS NATURAL
TO PAY ATTENTION
TO THAT WHICH
NEEDS MENDING
SO WE FORGET
THE HOOPS WE HAVE PASSED
THE BRIDGES CROSSED
THE GATES OPENED
THE ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES
THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED THROUGH
REMEMBERING
COULD HELP US WITH
REPAIRING THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE
Written on 21 October 2020 as part of ‘Poetry with Raynen’.