Heartbreak Poem by Lodigiana Poetess

I always believed that a broken heart was just that -
Broken…
Smashed, Fractured and ground into a
million jagged pieces.
No way to hold any of it together or repair the
bleeding, fragile, core
I recognised in you instantly-a kindred victim.
Your hollow, joyless eyes, cloudy with distrust and
barricaded against hurt
but looking for solace.
Our friendship a laboured, tentative, coalition.
Yet against all odds, somehow together we found an alliance.
Alone, each of us was weak, vulnerable.. but together..
a confederacy of substance.
A foundation built on truth, fidelity and faith
A stronghold to keep us safe.
Your unspoken gentleness and unconditional love
slowly growing in strength.
That strength becoming the cement
that day by day will start to piece my heart,
my shattered,
broken, heart
back together again.