When crystal hearts are broken <br />You cannot make repair. <br />The warmth and love you cherished <br />Turns then, to cold despair. <br /> <br />Its pieces of love shattered; <br />Though small, shall sparkle still. <br />So gather them as treasures <br />And keep them, if you will. <br /> <br />For crystal hearts when broken; <br />Though shattered and no more, <br />Are treasured for their beauty <br />Displayed to you before. <br /> <br />The pieces, just remember, <br />Though sometimes hid away; <br />Still sparkle like a treasure <br />When they're put on display. <br /> <br />The world should see such treasures <br />Because they're oh so rare. <br />Crystal hearts add value <br />To lives of cold despair. <br /> <br />And crystal, when it sparkles <br />In whole, or just in part; <br />Still is, of all its vessels, <br />True love's most favored heart.<br /><br />GREENWOLFE 1962<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-crystal-hearts-are-broken/
