golden lines

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"golden lines"

I told you that I was broken 

and instead of using it 

as an excuse 

you helped mend the pieces,

you lifted my chin 

as I looked down in shame 

and admitted

that I wasn't whole 

and haven't been 

for some time now,

you drew my gaze into yours 

and you told me 

that it's okay,

You gently ran 

the tips of your fingers 

along the cracks 

of my psyche 

and felt the spaces 

where the pieces 

were missing,

I explained 

that I had been 

holding myself together 

through the pain 

and that I had lost 

some of myself 

as the years have gone by, 

and you softly quieted 

my despair 

and said it's okay,

You poured yourself 

into the spaces 

and pulled me back together,

a golden mending 

glimmering along the erratic 

and jagged lines 

of my fractures,

spreading out

like a spider's web 

all across me 

and instead 

of using it as an excuse 

to leave 

you loved me harder 

and mended my pieces

leaving behind 

mended golden lines

that made me whole

once again.

-Armando Torres