Celebrate All Of You - A Poem

I WROTE THIS POEM INSPIRED BY KINTSUGI - THE JAPANESE ART OF REPAIRING BROKEN POTTERY WITH GOLD. THE FLAW IS CONSIDERED TO BE A UNIQUE PIECE OF THE OBJECT’S HISTORY AND SO ADDS TO ITS BEAUTY.

SOMETIMES WE MAY CHOOSE TO HIDE CERTAIN PARTS OF OURSELVES. PERHAPS IT DOES NOT SAFE TO SHARE THAT PART OF US WITH THE WORLD. THIS POEM IS A GENTLE REMINDER THAT THERE IS A GIFT IN THE CRACKS IF WE CHOOSE TO SEE IT THAT WAY.

Celebrate All Parts of You

Celebrate all parts of you
Especially the broken parts
For without them
You would not be whole.

Pull up a chair for your weary soul
And let it rest for a while in your company.
It does not need much, apart from silence.

Welcome in the quiet edges
And get curious about what they have taught you this year.

See if you can notice the scorched perimeter which guards your vulnerable heart
Thank it for its generosity.

Notice how your failures are flecked with gold
For without them you would not have the ability to begin again.

Listen to the songs
That come from all this
‘not knowing’.
Its notes are the underscore to your creativity.

Throughout all the times
You were brave enough to let go
Your breath did not
It was always there
Gently coaxing you on
Again and again.
And again.
And again.

So Celebrate all parts of you.
Especially the broken parts
For without them
You would not be whole.