Fixing Fragments

<p><i>You sit on terraces</i><br/><i>balconies and hilltops;</i><br/><i>you still sit on swings</i><br/><i>in the evening even as</i><br/><i>the only person your age</i><br/><i>there even as a rarity</i><br/><i>amongst children even</i><br/><i>when you have that meeting</i><br/><i>to attend which starts in</i><br/><i>fifteen minutes but</i><br/><i>just one last swing</i><br/><i>thats all you desire.</i></p> <p><i>Do you ever sit on swings</i><br/><i>after the sun sets?</i><br/><i>Swing high up in the air</i><br/><i>swing back down again</i><br/><i>like a pendulum?</i><br/><i>Have you ever swung</i><br/><i>between manifesting highs</i><br/><i>and anticipating lows?</i></p> <p>Fixing Fragments an illustrative account of teenage experiences highs and lows is a piece of literature which explores the themes of mental health human tendencies and idiosyncrasies of the human heart in a methodology similar to the phases of Kintsugi. Based on the Japanese technique Fixing Fragments is focused on mending not broken vases but broken souls. </p>