The Broken Glass and the Lamp Bringer

"When it rains and it pours,

the thunder and the lights

shatter in the sky,

and your heart wonders 

in solitude, if you're truly

ever worth loving.

They told you that you 

get the love you deserve,

but as soon as the lightning

strikes, you are illuminated

with the truth - that you are

too broken to be put together

and nobody keeps a broken glass,

not even the king's men who 

put Humpty Dumpty 

together again.

In a stormy night when

the clouds are burdened 

with tears gushing through 

their tender skins;

you gather your broken pieces

and lay there in silence.

The door opens and the one 

who brings the lamp appears.

With his sleeping soul,

he sees you in the ebony

of darkness and takes a step -

and each step of his 

is coated with deafening 

silence.

The lamp bringer casts a 

light on your broken pieces;

A timid flicker at first, and 

then a loud burst altogether -

of a million stars shining

from the broken glass 

that mutes your insecurities hiding 

in an unlit nook of your existence. 

It fills you with a kaleidoscope 

of hope and chance; 

Your brokenness turned into 

a timeless scar, 

an artifact, even when it's

dark, or the room's empty.

And the lamp bringer - 

with your starlight burst casted 

upon the deepest trenches of 

his being, finally awakens from 

a deep, forlorn slumber of his 

sleeping soul.

A broken glass -

a lamp bringer,

sees eye-to-eye, both 

masterpieces disguised in

between creases and torn 

pieces of their paper hearts.

You, who brought life to 

his soul; 

and him, an ember of 

light in your darkest days -

you realize that this 

is love;

Being together in spite

of each other's darkness - 

amidst each other's 

brokenness. 

And the thunder loses 

its voice, the lightning 

seizes its sting, your 

lungs are filled with 

petrichor, and 

the sun rises again.

And finally, broken 

becomes beautiful."

Love,

Mary Jedde

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P.S. This is an original composition I wrote while listening to Of Monsters and Men.

Photos featuring our pre-wedding concept in Singapore.