The Broken Vase
- Claire Olivares
- Feb 1, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 13, 2022
/ Poetry /
The broken Japanese vase
offered with sorrow
colors of a clear river
not just a vessel for holding blooms
but next to your heart
the ebb and flow of a son's life
a river lost in the right direction
the smoothness of the glaze
meets the cracks
tempering function
never its beauty
never its gifts