Kintsukuroi (Golden Repair)

Kintsukuroi (Golden Repair)

My history is full
of damage and repair
It's not disguised
but illuminated

Each crack lined
with gold dust
Each piece
fully existing in the moment

Life doesn't have to end
with breakage

Pay no mind to the change
accept the broken beauty

April 13, 2014
Tressa Lee Breen

Kintsukuroi from Wikipedia entry. 

Check out NaPoWriMoer wabi-sabi...beauty in imperfection's thirteenth entry "Mary".