To Borrow a Phrase

if your mind is too full

a river pouring in a jar

make the water neither hot nor cold

but exactly the warmth of skin

if your heart is shaking

a cold scared animal

let it wave like windy leaves

as if to say hello

if your soul is broken

shattered glass

arrange a mosaic of you

on your happiest day

or

to borrow a phrase

“take your broken heart and make it art”