Broken

[Maria Shere]

I love this piece. It reminded me of this poem:

Shards

My heart breaks—

breaks, to crystalline shards.

Now, so many realms exposed;

with every scission, facets soar.

I ache, ever so silently

shattered, until

I glow luminescent

as nightsky jewels.

Now… broken

overandoverandover,

Imbued with light I stand

broken open, not apart.

Marie Cristen

[Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne]

Broken. Us, U.S.

Conflict, coordinate? Both?

“Thorough reckoning.”