If my embrace could stop your bleed,
or smoothing brow make pain recede,
my love would ride, a great white steed,
to mend your bleeding heart.
But my heart bleeds, my soul is bent,
my broken parts sing like lament,
so humbly, trembling, I present
my fragile, shattered part.
If we who, fractured though we are,
combine our fragments, name our scars,
embrace the cracks in ruptured jars,
could we be living art?
*
The snowstorm today made driving (and photography) a bit of a challenge. So – how about some colour from last year instead?? 🙂 “…treasures in jars of clay…”
Meanwhile, Melody Muses... 
My grandmother had one of these bushes at her home, so whenever I see them I think of her–and her very good heart. 🙂 Lovely sentiment in your poem! Thank you!
Than you so much for stopping by! 🙂
Lovely – the photo & the poem.
Yucko on the more snow.
Let’s put out an APB for spring!
I’ll get right on that! 🙂 Thank you, by the way…
ok … I will say it … “I think this one is my favorite!” … but …. I will reserve the right to say that again 🙂
🙂 Thanks Heidi!
Thou art forever living art, whether we twain or we apart. 😀 E
The poet who can’t hep – er, ‘poeting’? 😉
I believe that Americans and Canadians are inherently illiterate… Something about being so far away from the Mother Ship… 😀
*blush* Just caught my typo… 😦
Blush for the soft stroke
of verse across nape of neck,
but never for brush
of a swiftly stoked
spellcheck…
for a poet’s dear license
shall never be revoked,
just stoked…
🙂
Bahaha! 😀
Mel! You are amazing! This is so lovely. I’m glad I happened upon it. What else…where else do you write?
I have a devotional blog – the link is on this one. And a devotional book, too, based on my gardening/ devo blog. I’m just getting going, really – this May marks my first year aniiversary of writing poetry, which has been a joyous discovery!! I have so much now that I want/need to say… 🙂
i believe ouur scars will identify us as HIS1
Melody this is a terrific poem, I really love it. 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
So very lovely, Melody! Yes, our brokenness can be made beautiful.
Blessings ~ Wendy
Beautiful.
Thanks so much! 🙂