Kintsugi, or the Art of Scars
Whatever shatters matters here:
regard these shards, fragility
each piece beyond what it would be
all edges legends of collapse
which no repairs shall silence here
for this is art of fractured lines
where brokenness runs redefined
toward emphasis, expressive worth
(not something to disguise or shun)
to prove few demolitions last
but form a fullness no molds cast
and bare new beauties truths extol
as fragments forge a stronger whole.
Kintsugi, or the Art of Scars © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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Poem completely revised on June 3, 2020 for the Becoming Whole Again challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2751223-Becoming-Whole-Again
More about Kintsugi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi
An earlier version of the poem was submitted to the Kintsugi challenge - prompt link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2726498-Kintsugi
Submitted: June 16, 2019