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Beauty in the Broken
Seasonal neglect and upheaval
left this clay vessel
disfigured and discolored.
Shattered spirit against a wall.
Shadows of a million pieces.
But your hands gathered
even the dust of my soul,
and mixed the elixir of life,
So I would become more beautiful
than I was before I was broken.
The beauty in the broken.
The beauty in every breath.
The beauty in the genesis of
of every moment, of every eye-full,
Taste, and scent.
You found the treasure in life's scars.
You found the beauty in the broken.
Tender fingers traced my cracks
Words laced with gold that
bridged the gaps
in my being.
left this clay vessel
disfigured and discolored.
Shattered spirit against a wall.
Shadows of a million pieces.
But your hands gathered
even the dust of my soul,
and mixed the elixir of life,
So I would become more beautiful
than I was before I was broken.
The beauty in the broken.
The beauty in every breath.
The beauty in the genesis of
of every moment, of every eye-full,
Taste, and scent.
You found the treasure in life's scars.
You found the beauty in the broken.
Tender fingers traced my cracks
Words laced with gold that
bridged the gaps
in my being.
Published 9th Dec 2015
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9th Dec 2015 8:11am
9th Dec 2015 8:30am
9th Dec 2015 5:41pm
Oh wow beautiful piece ...it seems like even in the rubble a rare gem is still found...nice write.
Thank you. This piece is based on Kintsugi, which is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
Glad you enjoyed the read
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