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Kintsugi<\/strong> (Japanese: \u91d1\u7d99\u304e, lit.\u2009<\/small>‘golden joinery’), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi<\/em> lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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My thoughts were scattered,
Among the remains of my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They said it was shattered,
When our paths drifted apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They asked me:
\u201cwhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sang your name,
I praised your manners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried, but in vain,
to clarify these matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I told them what happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire in my heart,
That you came and lit,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was put off at once
With no ashes left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was by myself,
In my darkest of moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your shoulder was missing,
When I cried and wept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So no, my friends.
I have no regret.
It wasn’t her words
Nor that what she did.

It was what was not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This curse is much older,
She was just one bit.
I am now getting wiser
I, now, can admit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I gathered my pieces
And welded with gold.

My cracks are my stories,
And eager to be told.

Your cracks are your secrets,
That call me to unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may once more be shattered
I may once more weld
I may never surrender
More cracks is more gold!
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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