Broken Ladies

They came in the BLACK 

of my night

My compass off, they helped

set it right

They spewed ugly, deep pain

in technicolor purging

Sending the message to my heart to 

allow my urgings

She showed me white, the holes in 

her socks thread bare

Without speaking she told me

"relentless running will get you one thing...

feet raw and red with wear"

After they taught me I 

released the gray

I had carried for so long, making clear

the blue of day

I saw again the dark night set

deep in indigo

As a canvass for the 

many stars aglow

They shared their colors

dingy and bright

And I reconnected to the full

spectrum of my light

These broken ladies I honor

here and now

For in their mending they also

showed me how

to

mend