© Kurt Eberhardt 
© Dirk Engelage

Cracked, 
but still unbroken. 
The collisions 
through the years 
have left their marks.

But through the cracks, 
amazing as it is 
are seeping 
traces of the soul 
that's still unchanged 
and strong!

Those traces 
best be seen, 
experienced perhaps 
not looking 
at these cracks 
these conflict marks

but deeper still 
and find again 
intimacy that warms, 
connects, is still 
emotional reality, 
undying love ...