Some Broken Hearts Never Mend

Growing up I would go camping in Colorado with my family every summer for 2 weeks.

On the drive there and back my favorite thing to do was sing along with my grandpa to some cowboy tunes-- Don Williams and Pioneer Pepper and the Sunset Pioneers.


This past week as I was traveling, one of my favorite Don Williams's songs played in the car:

Some Broken Hearts Never Mend 

Here are the lyrics:


Coffee black, cigarettes,
start this day, like all the rest,
First thing every morning that I do,
Is start missing you

Some broken hearts never mend,
Some memories never end,
Some tears will never dry,
My love for you will never die

Rendezvous in the night,
A willing woman to hold me tight,
But in the middle of love's embrace,
I see your face

Some broken hearts never mend,
Some memories never end,
Some tears will never dry,
My love for you will never die


I absolutely love these lyrics.. I can easily imagine this poor man's life each day. I can feel the weight of this burden he carries and the disappointment that no one can fill the void in his life.


I had quite a bit of time to think about a few different things the past several days. Listening to the lyrics of this song again threw another topic into the lot--


Do all broken hearts mend?


According to Don Williams, they don't. I know someone who 40-some years and a few marriages  later is still heartbroken over a best friend they dated for a time in college but it ended up being a one-sided love. 
That broken heart hasn't mended.


So.. what are your thoughts? Do all broken hearts eventually heal over time or are there some broken hearts that will never mend?