I Will Keep Broken Things

Not all that breaks can be fixed
Cookies, crayons and that rare crystal vase

Not all that breaks needs to be fixed
silence, rhythm and trains of thought

Some things that break can offer lessons
a broken trust, a broken heart

Some things that break are better when broken
a break in the clouds, a break in a fever
spring breaks, and coffee breaks and
breaking out in wild free laughter

Photo by Mrugesh Shah courtesy of Unsplash.

The Day Twenty-four prompt is to write a poem that begins with a line from another poem (not necessarily the first one), but then goes elsewhere with it. 

I chose the poem I Will Keep Broken Things by Alice Walker. I used a repeating line as my title and another line (both in italics) in the last line of this poem.