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A Clay Jar

April 5, 2011
By Anonymous

Make me like a clay jar
With no holes so water
Can't run through
A vessel from the earth
Give me a strong foundation
My time of birth

Make me shine in the sun
My beauty will only
Reflect my maker
I'll be a symbol of your love
Set here on this earth
Like how you came from above

And if I shatter it'll be
Not because of you
But of me
I'll have stayed in the sun too long
Thinking myself more beautiful
When that's so wrong

If I let myself fall to pieces
Lord, pick me up
And don't throw me away
Put me back in the flames
It'll only hurt for a while
But then I'll be remade


The author's comments:
This is a prayer.

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Jiverannajo said...
on May. 5 2011 at 5:20 pm
this is so great! I love it! I like it so much I could almost copy it here, it so speaks for itself. But I won't. Because that would be redundant.