Pedestal

could there be a moment, when with judgment laid aside
there ascends most gently on the pedestal one securely to alight
a place though tumbled down more admirable than the rest
a place of humble honor within a broken chest
strewn, most visibly, with ruins, of lofty ideals past
seeing clearly the bankruptcy of verdicts that don't last
yet upon this pedestal, deep adoration sworn in
hearts mending in the process, new passion born again