Broken Places

 

A tangible intangible, grief…

a culmination of so many emotions–

pain, anger, sadness, relief;

all things we cannot see, but sure as hell feel.

It’s a process of coming to terms

with a loss unexpected, out of the blue;

or perhaps through a course

of days, months, or years, where 

all of our tears are spent, not in a singular event,  

but on the road that brought us here.

We are the summation of all that we do,

 and a product of all who touch our lives.

Our superpower comes from within us,

and our fortitude from the diversity that we face.

The skin of our scars is tough for a reason:

for we are ever stronger in all the ‘broken’ places.

© Ginny Brannan 2023

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even stronger, more beautiful piece of art. Every break is unique and instead of repairing an item like new, the 400-year-old technique actually highlights the "scars" as a part of the design. Using this as a metaphor for healing ourselves teaches us an important lesson: Sometimes in the process of repairing things that have broken, we actually create something more unique, beautiful and resilient.

                                                                   ~Candace Kumai