Written piece
HOW TO STITCH A BROKEN HEART- (POEM)
Komal Gupta
India
About this piece
The poem is an ode to the power of words and how they help us find hope, happiness, and a renewed sense of self-worth in today’s troubled times. They are lettered threads that bind us to our lands, shared history and the vast humanity we belong to.
HOW TO STITCH A BROKEN HEART- (POEM)
Stitch all the niches,
where hurtful words hide.
Stitch with threads of lines,
calm, sincere, and benign,
letters which heal,
balms of the wordy kind.
So that someday,
true love finds,
a place, survives.
Stitch all the niches,
where hate abides.
Stitch with threads of peace,
each heart tugged, apiece,
cross stitches of empathy.
So that someday,
we all heal,
and together thrive.
Stitch all the niches,
where fear dwells.
Stitch with threads of courage,
stories of brave minds,
words of defiant time.
So that someday,
for the good of humanity,
we all strive.
Stitch all the niches,
where tears flow.
Stitch with threads of songs,
lyrics, guileless sublime,
with kindness, softly sung,
music of lived lives.
So that someday,
our world rises strong,
abundant alive.