Porcelain

Cherry

By Deliberately Evolving

Tue, 20 Oct 2015
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5 comments
 
Fragile,
cracks glued.
 
Repaired often -
- broken
 
 over 
 
and again -
 
repaired.
 
Fragmented
crushed and ground
 
 down.
 
 
 
Certificate U
Poem
Philosophy

Comments

Submitted by alice sunderland on

know how it feels! lovely poem to read. well written.

 

Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on

Thanks Alice. I'm glad it worked as a poem.

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Submitted by Bee on

This is wonderfully pared down to the bones, but also retains the delicacy of the broken China, which is the self of the narrator, broken and fixed one too many times. 

Bee

Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on

Thank you Bee. I had some good advice about paring down and it has helped a lot.

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on

Thanks for the cherries admin. 

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.