Stained Glass Hearts

When we met I was broken glass

Trying to hold together what the storm left smashed

Pieces slipping through my shaking hands

Cutting deeper every time they landed

We all begin like shining works of art

Carefully shaped from the Creator’s heart

But life comes down like hard driven hail

Breaking pieces off with every fail

We pick them up and carry on

Even when half of us feels gone

And somewhere on that lonely road

I met you carrying your own load

You held your broken pieces close

I hid mine like they hurt the most

But when your hand reached out for mine

The jagged edges aligned

Stained glass is made from broken glass

Light shines different through the cracks

What felt shattered wasn’t wasted after all

We fit together because we fall

Every scar and every loss

Every road and every cross

Made a shape we couldn’t see

Till your broken parts fit perfectly with me

Some of the pieces in your hands

Fit me better than they ever can

And some I carried all alone

Finally felt like they had found a home

Maybe every storm we hated then

Was shaping where the edges bend

Maybe every heartbreak, every scar

Made room for who we really are

Nothing happened He didn’t know

Not one tear or crushing blow

There’s a bigger picture through the pain

Color being formed inside the rain

Now when the light comes pouring through

I see colors I never knew

What looked ruined in the dark

Was another piece of art

Stained glass is made from broken glass

Light shines different through the cracks

What felt shattered wasn’t wasted after all

We fit together because we fall

Every scar and every loss

Every road and every cross

Made a shape we couldn’t see

Till your broken parts fit perfectly with me

So when the world says we’re too far gone

Too chipped, too cracked to still belong

I’ll hold your hand and remind your heart

Broken pieces still make art

Stained glass is made from broken glass

The beauty comes from what won’t last

Every missing piece and every memory

Became part of this masterpiece

Trust the hands behind the storm

Love can give the shattered form

We all get broken as we go

But maybe that’s what makes us whole

When we met I was broken glass

Now the light shines through us back at last