I have been broken into pieces during my life
Shattered by the usual run of traumas and disasters
Death
Injury
Divorce
Job loss
Rejection
Today I am made whole
Rebonded with lacquered gold dust
Each piece of broken me has met with kintsukuroi
Japanese art of golden repair
Through self-reflection and action
Intentional tranquility
And by taking time and space for nothing
Nothing at all
Nothing at all
Nothing at all
I am whole enough to celebrate fractures
My bitterness is purged
The map of this journey highlighted
Each crack and fissure illuminated with attention
Polished with poetic gloss
Repaired beyond doomed perfection
David Trudel © 2013
