Though pricked and squeezed, pierced and sliced
And even torn asunder;
A heart sustained can beat again
In strength as bold as thunder
Inner strength depleted
Internal resource spent
Outside working from within
Enabling life extant
Hope is only hopeful
With certainty assured
Repair brought only by sustainer;
Sole provision to endure
Designed and planned in foresight
In foresight – healed, restored, sustained
Supple vigour, from scars and healing
Wrought and fashioned; formed through pain
Life-giver and sustainer – Grace,
Bearing scars which stem from pain
Is only hope that my life’s sentence,
Will continue on – sustained
7/5/2017
Jewelsmith – Catherine the Jeweller