THE BROKEN

As a child I always had a hunch for broken things

I never threw away my broken toys, be it broken marbles, broken pieces of plastic

I never threw away broken things

 I would always collect broken pieces of glass and other things ruined

My mother called me the child of ruins

For  I loved anything and everything a little battered and bruised, a little tattered and rough, a little broken and ruined

I always had a hunch for broken things

I kept and collected these pieces of glass

Like they were my most valuable treasures

And maybe they were

I always had a hunch for broken things

But as I grew up I realized this had a deeper meaning

And maybe I am the child of ruins

Born for darkness and rage

And thunderstorms and mighty cages

Maybe I was never meant for bright days and sunshine

For I was bound to fall in love with dark and gloomy skies

For anyone can love the mended and repaired

I was the one made for broken things and despair

I always had a hunch for broken things

And I never threw away the broken pieces

For I have a broken heart and a shattered soul

But that doesn’t mean I’ll throw it away

For I have a heart that has been broken over and over again

But the heart though fragile, broken, vulnerable, is still mine

I’ve always had a hunch for broken things

We are all a little broken

We are all in pieces

For I’m not the only one who can love these ruins

We are all children of ruins

We were risen from the broken ashes and we will go back to the broken ashes

I’ve always had a hunch for broken things

For all can love the sweet and lovable and perfect let me be the one to love the broken beyond repair

Let me be known as the child of ruins

Carve these words on the stone of my grave

Let me be known as the warrior of dark gloomy skies

And let these ruins merely be a speck in my dull dark mind

I’ve always had a hunch for broken things

For everyone’s a little broken and so are you mother so are you

And let this child of yours be the reckless of all

For being broken is in my blood, bones and soul.

- sara