Kintsugi Poem by Roy Ballard

Kintsugi

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In the language of delicate perception
Kintsugi is the art of mending what is broken.
The Emperor's plate is smashed. Death and despair!
Yet here is powdered gold and platinum,
with resin bled from Chinese lacquer trees
to run in cracks and make it whole again.
For my poor love I cannot find repair
without a balm more powerful than these.

Friday, August 30, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: death,despair,healing
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