We are taught that which we change
for the better through labor
is ours.
What of those things
we change by accident?
I can be made to buy
that which I break
but not to mend it.
No one's taught me how.
I own many things
and have built one or two
I'd trade it all
to fix things with you
This is fucking great.
ReplyDeleteTiny note. I don't love the pacing of the first line, it seems to be a bit too long for the rest of the poem. I had to read it twice b/c I sort of misplaced my toughest as follows "we are taught that (beat) which we change" and "we are taught (beat) that which we change". I don't know if that is intended (or if that adds something). Altogether though, I really really loved this.