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There were glimmers of beauty

in your tears of shame

that fell like silver

that fell like rain

a jar is broken

pouring out its all

into this story, history

our story, her story,

preparing for death

pleading for life

with a fragrance that makes

hard places grow soft,

by calling for mercy

from those keeping the score

from those counting the cost

from those knowing the law.

But a heart stripped naked

is revealing real truth

that runs deeper and cleaner

than shame or profanity,

it's revealing a beauty,

the divine-broken image

in one woman's humanity.

[Kristin Jack is the Asia Coordinator of Servants. He and his family lived in Cambodia for 17 years. A book of his poetry, entitled 'Poetry and Prophecy' has just come out and is available from Servants.]