How do you fix a broken heart? <br />With string or tape <br /> Or glue and cellophane <br />Do you wrap it in bubble paper? <br />Or rest it on a pillow tissues ripped into slithers <br />Do you pick up the shards with you soft skin fingers? <br />Or with perfect little dainty tweezers <br />Do you sweep them up with a broom? <br />Or Hoover them up with the tube <br />I suppose the best place for the ruined piece is within the bin <br />But you have thought carelessly my friend <br />You can't fix a broken heart with string or tape <br />Or glue and cellophane <br />The best thing to do is to nurture it well <br />Within a box of feathers and nurturing care <br />And wait for months and months for every little piece <br />To fix themselves together as if by magic <br />But yet not everything turns out so perfect <br />For even though it beats and gleams with prosperity of health <br />Still with the smooth surface you will find the little crack <br />Of the once long ago despair that took place within the little hearts nest <br />Look away! Look away! <br />Smash the mirror that reflects the grey <br />Pick up the light hammer of hope and faith <br />And flung it in the false ugliness<br /><br />Guinevere Eveleigh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-first-aid-kit-for-a-broken-heart/
