Indomitable Heart

When you’ve already walked to hell and back
and still can see flowers under your feet,
you’re a remarkable gardener
tending your indomitable spirit
with your heart’s every beat.

When you go to sleep
closing your eyes with all love replete,
--how inspiring you still see the world
with gentle eyes!
as you know, even in the midst
of those hours of darkness and cold
you cultivated your heart
and took care of your troubled soul.

And if your heart was broken into a hundred pieces
and you can still love with a part missing,
look in the mirror and you’ll see
how  marvellous an unbreakable spirit can be.

--Bernadete vdw, ‘25