Brokenness Poem by Cynthia Buhain-baello

Unless the grain of wheat
Falls to the ground and dies

Change won't be complete
Because from there, a new growth lies.

Unless a man be broken
And shed off from his old Self

Molding cannot be given
On the jar there on Life's shelf.

On the clay there must be a crushing
For the new jar to be molded

There must be renewed pounding
For the metal to be welded.

New life can never sprout
From the seed that remains whole

And fruit cannot come out
Without brokenness of Soul.





'My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.'
(PSALM 73: 26)













Copyright Cynthia Buhain Baello
February 24,2010
Philippines