Golden Glue
What if I glued myself back together with gold
What if I loved every fractured fragment that seems too broken to repair
Every shattered piece that doesn’t appear to fit anywhere
Every hidden crack that I am too ashamed to share
What if I glued myself back together with gold
What if I shaped my broken pieces into who I want to be
Forgetting the shoulds and could haves and instead embracing me
What if I glued my pieces together with gold
Honoring the cracks and breaks, knowing they are aspects of me to behold
What if I allowed myself to be real
Letting my heart and soul take the wheel
What if I trusted my true wholeness
Broken edges smoothed with golden boldness
The broken pieces
And painful memories
And shameful stories
And silenced failures
All so deserving and worthy of love
Cracks and fractures glued together with gold
Truly amazing and
Beautifully blazing
— Clio Chazan-Gabbard