“Darling
your heart is safe
in these hands of mine”
I cannot give it to you whole
for all I have left to give
are the bits and shreds
I’ve swept up along the way
Fix them,
she pleaded,
eyes shining;
Sew the brokenness away
“Oh, my love
I can hand you the needle and thread
but it is only you
who can sew the fractured pieces
together.”