Broken Things

June 11th, 2009 by J.R. Miller Leave a reply »
What is done with broken things,
Unfixable things,
Things that have come unglued?

Where goes the cracked toy,
The split tool,
The doll that’s been puppy-chewed?

Broken and unwanted,
Broken and replaced,
Broken and tossed away,

Who mourns their loss?
Who misses their touch?
Who seeks the place where they lay?

Tools with missing parts,
Toys with broken hearts,
They crowd the depths of our garbage bins

Who will clean them?
Who will fix them?
Who will bind their mangled wings?

Whose heart seeks out broken things?
Whose heart loves them?
Whose? … tell me … whose?

– Dave Young
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