Blue and Gold

 

The cerulean vase sits

bathed in soft light
from a nearby window –

Its gleaming beauty

wrought by skillful hands

with gentle touch.

Yet over time, fractures appear ...

And new hands come

to mend these cracks

with molten gold –

Kintsugi it's called.

Golden seams seal each jagged break,

and glint on azure curves.

Even that which is broken

can still be beautiful.

2020 

(from the book Discoveries In The Dark by Doris Potter)

© Doris Potter