Golden Repair or Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum.

There was once a china mug
He was some twelve years old 
He’d done a very good job 
Holding drinks both hot and cold 

Over the years the china mug
Had seen his share of strain 
His rim was chipped in two places 
He had permanent tea stains 

But he was quite a trooper 
He never lost his smile 
Even when the bright new mugs 
Would tease him all the while

One day the lady of the house
Was wiping down the sink 
Her hand hit the china mug
And down he went crashing

He lay in five odd pieces 
Across the kitchen floor 
The lady picked them all up 
And put them in a drawer 

Ten days later the other mugs 
Saw a creature most divine! 
A pretty china mug laced 
With lovely golden lines

It’s me the old china mug!
He said smiling at their stares 
I’ve just been mended gently 
With love and Golden Repair

And so it is with old things
Friendships, mugs and toys 
With love and care, gentle repair 
They bring constant joy