Healing

The violets in the mountains
have broken the rocks.
—Anton Chekhov

fractured or damaged

bones or china cups

rejected or defeated
cracked or split

a mirror
a lip

humiliated or brought low

a spirit crushed
no fixed address

broken
not continuous—
like relationships that falter,

no glue patches the cracks
or fills the empty places

forgiveness mends,
releases the sadness
and breaks the rocks

April National Poetry Month
Prompt: broken