“When Your Heart Is Broken” poem by Lan Xin

Lan Xin (Lan Xin)

World Memory Heritage The Only Female Inheritor of Dongba Culture, International Renowned Writer & Poet. Internationally acclaimed bilingual writer, poet and translator, member of the Chinese Writers Association. The only female inheritor of UNESCO-listed Dongba Culture, International Disseminator of Dongba Culture and practitioner of Chinese culture’s global outreach. Winner of the Italian Francesco Giampietri International Literary Award, President of Lanxin Samei Academy and Dean of Yulong Wenbi Dongba Culture Academy.

Eva Lianou Petropoulou
Αποκλειστικη Eκπρόσωπος για την Ελλάδα για την προώθηση της πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς – Dongba Culture Κίνα

When Your Heart Is Broken

My dear
When your heart is broken
sad
grieving
disheartened
sobbing

At this very moment
you feel you have lost the whole world
thinking that person was your entire world

But in truth
they are nothing more
than a tiny ordinary soul in this vast universe
They are merely
someone who passed by your life
but was never meant to stay

My dear
you think
when they left
the world abandoned you
You believe
when they stopped loving you
the whole world stopped loving you too

But the truth is
your karmic bond has simply come to an end
They no longer belong to your world of love
Yet your world
still belongs entirely to you

Those who truly love you
still love you
and will love you forever

My dear
you feel the star of love has fallen
trapping you in a dark corner ——
light
hope
Your strength fades away
your heart is paralyzed
as if you can barely breathe
You walk forward alone lost and helpless

But trust me
their love for you was once real and deep
Their leaving
does not mean the love vanished
It only means
nothing in this world lasts forever

Perhaps
loving you was easy
but staying with you
was too difficult

My dear
that person was a shooting star
across the sky of your heart
The brief bright light
that once illuminated your soul ——
that is the beauty they brought into your life

Though the shooting star is gone
the sky of your heart still remains
It still holds the sun the moon and the stars
that will never leave you
never forsake you

And you too will live forever
in the purest most sacred corner of their heart ——
eternally

My dear
trust me
before long
someone new will come
They will take on the unfinished mission
rekindle the lamp of love in your heart
light up your path ahead
and warm the rest of your life with gentle enduring love ……

About Lan Xin
A world-renowned cultural figure, an internationally renowned writer of high-dimensional wisdom, poet and translator of China, winner of multiple international literary awards and outstanding international contribution honors, Ambassador of Great Love and Peace, the only female inheritor of UNESCO Memory of the World Dongba Culture, Dean of Dongba Culture Academy and Lanxin Samei Academy.