The Space...
BY PAUL DALY

I'm Broken. Please don't try to fix me. 

The Space... I’m broken. Please don’t try to fix me. It doesn’t work. When a vase is shattered It’s never the same again. You can glue the pieces together.

And maybe it’ll stand up But everyone can see the cracks.

The Japanese have a practice called kintsugi In which broken pottery is mended with golden lacquer

Which makes it more valuable. I haven’t found this golden lacquer And I find it hard to believe

That this broken vase could end up more valuable

But maybe one day I’ll find a way to repair. In the meantime my life is in pieces

And I’m not going to pretend I’m whole. 

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