Alice Walker - I will keep broken things

I will keep Broken things:
The big clay Pot
With raised Iguanas
Chasing Their Tails;
Two Of their Wise Heads
Sheared Off;

I will keep Broken things:
The old Slave Market Basket
Brought To my Door
By Mississippi
A jagged Hole Gouged
In its sturdy Dark Oak Side.

I will keep Broken things:
The memory Of Those Long
Delicious Night Swims With You;

I will keep Broken things:
In my house There Remains
An Honored Shelf
On which I will Keep
Broken Things.

Their beauty Is
They Need Not Ever
Be ‘fixed.’

I will keep
Your Wild Free Laughter
Though It is now Missing
Its Reassuring And Graceful
Hinge.

I will keep Broken Things:
Thank you
So much!

I will keep
Broken Things.

I will keep
You: Pilgrim Of Sorrow.

I will keep Myself.