27 April 2011

Magpie Tales 63: Kaleidoheart

Courtesy of Tess Kincaid at Magpie Tales

A toy, really, I know,
but so much different
for it to be what I saw
when I looked through
the shattered glass
she left me in place
of the heart I once knew, 
long ago and far away

the boy I was
offering a broken plaything
to the man I had become,
learning so swift a lesson 
harsh and edges of razors,
liquid eyes diffracting to see
through the granular pain,
that beauty remains at the core

10 comments:

  1. broken hearts can be pretty to look at but painful to hold....

    nice take on the prompt

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  2. ... who among us has not suffered this pain. Your Magpie is beautifully written.

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  3. I think it was Jack Gilbert who wrote, "grief makes the heart apparent as sudden happiness can." Something about a broken heart loves the world in a bigger way. Glad to hear that grace made its way back to your door. - Brendan

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  4. KaleidoGumbo,
    Thanks for sharing. Always a word-treat to read your stuff.
    Wordsicle? Wordernut Bar? Wordgurt? Wordpop?
    Anyway, good stuff.
    Later,

    Jason
    The Cheeky Daddy

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  5. Thank Goodness beauty remains at the core, and even a lost love is never wasted. Nice one, Gumbo!

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  6. Beautiful write. I think we all can relate here.

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  7. A twist of the wrist and it all changes, and you've caught that feeling of being splintered into sharp but colorful fragments very well.

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  8. I am glad that beauty remains at the core.

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  9. I'm just going to say, "What Jason said." Cleverness there.

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"Let your laws come undone
Don't suffer your crimes
Let the love in your heart take control..."


-'The Hair Song', by Black Mountain

Tell me what is in your heart...