TRENDING:

A Slice of Actual Light
Living Alone
Tendrils
Braided Way Magazine
  • Home
  • About
    • Mission
    • Braided Way Philosophy
    • Staff
  • Article Categories
    • Poetry
    • Personal Journeys
    • Creativity
    • Healing
    • Paths and Traditions
    • Applied Spirituality
    • Perspectives
    • Braided Quotes
  • Events
    • Teach In 2019
    • About Braided Way Retreats
    • 2018 Retreat
    • 2017 Retreat
  • Donate

Select Page

Broken?

Posted by Carol Krause | Jul 13, 2025 | Poetry | 2 |

Broken?

They will tell you there is something wrong with you. They will be right. There is something wrong with you. How else could you have learned to listen? If you didn’t have something misplaced, why would you ever need to yearn for the boundless? If you had not broken open, why would you ever have to wail? 

This very brokenness has brought you to your knees. Which is what we were waiting for. The moment when you would no longer have enough of this world to satisfy you. The moment when you would long for something that is not of this world. And you would cry out, for mercy, for peace.

We will show you how we enter the places that are hurting. Whispering into your heart, my dear, my dear. We do not put you back together again, not this time. Because there are no back and forwards anymore. It’s better we don’t change a thing. That way, when you cry out, your cries will contain everything.

Share:

Rate:

PreviousHeavenly Crocodiles and Crucified Men
NextPoison Oak Medicine

About The Author

Carol Krause

Carol Krause

Carol Krause is a poet whose uncontainable mind often disrupts her plans. Sometimes this results in joy. Carol's poetry has appeared in The Fiddlehead, Arc Poetry, and Augur, among other outlets. Her debut poetry collection, A Bouquet of Glass, is published by Guernica Editions. A lover of the underworld, Carol feels most alive crawling through caves.

Related Posts

Church Door

Church Door

August 18, 2022

Passages

Passages

October 20, 2025

Offering

Offering

January 16, 2019

Good Friday Stations

Good Friday Stations

April 6, 2023

2 Comments

  1. Mary Alice Dixon
    Mary Alice Dixon on July 13, 2025 at 9:52 pm

    Beautiful work, radiant with truth and courage.

    Reply
    • Lolly
      Lolly on July 15, 2025 at 10:54 pm

      You are so prophetic and wise! Thanks for this diamond of a poem.

      Reply

Leave a reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

The Braided Way

The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.

Subscribe for Notifications of New Articles

Loading

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

All Categories

  • Ancestors
  • Applied Spirituality
  • Braided Perspectives
  • Braided Quotes
  • Creation
  • Creativity
  • Editor's Picks
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • Healing
  • Interview
  • Mysticism
  • myth
  • Nature
  • nominations
  • On Religion
  • Paths and Traditions
  • Personal Journeys
  • Perspectives
  • Poetry
  • Searching f
  • Social Justice
  • Spiritual Practice
  • Uncategorized
  • Visual Art
  • Voices

  • Home
  • Contact
  • Submissions
  • Staff

  • Home
  • Contact
  • Submissions
  • Staff

Popular Categories

AncestorsApplied SpiritualityBraided PerspectivesBraided QuotesCreationCreativityEditor's PicksFeaturedFictionHealingInterviewMysticismmythNaturenominationsOn ReligionPaths and TraditionsPersonal JourneysPerspectivesPoetrySearching fSocial JusticeSpiritual PracticeUncategorizedVisual ArtVoices

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress