Broken Heartedness Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

Today I want to step into your sorrow
Walk over your tears
Find your soul
Hold your heart
Embrace your spirit
I want to feel all of your pain
To be submerged in your loss
I want to know your fears
And open the curtain of your hope
Today I want to be your handkerchief
So that I can feel your tears
And hold your sorrow
I want to be with your pain
And heal your wound
I want to undress your grief
And be the medicine to your sadness
Let me come into your broken heartedness
And be the plumber or the gardener
To wash the face of your life
And repair the vessel of your heart beat
Let me be the pedestal of hope
And hold you higher than my dreams
Let me be the source of unconditional love
And hold you closer than my heart
I want to be the blanket that comforts you
The air that dries your tears
I want to bring warmth to your heart
And ignite the fire of the spirit
Let me be your prayer
Or the Silence within
Let me bind all your fears
And polish all your hopes
Today I want to hold your broken heartedness
Inside my being
So that you can be free
To sing again

©Kenneth Maswabi