Potter
written by: Megha Sood
@meghasood16
A ball of sagging clay in your hands
taking shapes
between the ridges of your fingers
getting kneaded by your
bony knuckles of the long taloned hand
those slender fingers
which only an artist adores
You shape and mold me
and put indentations
give shapes to my dreams and desires
and cover up the cracks
the unforgiving time has left in me
You pinch and prick and
accentuate the
beauty laying hidden in my soul
for the whole world to see
in its grandeur
and makes those wavy patterns
those ripples in time
the sweet memories
which stay,
etched in my mind
You baked and caked me in the
hard harrowing oven
to stress those lessons
which infuse the
everlasting shine in me
and makes me a masterpiece
for the world to see.
Megha Sood is an Assistant Poetry Editor at MookyChick(UK). Over 450+ works in journals including FIVE:2: ONE, Dime Show Review, Kissing Dynamite, Poetry Society of New York, etc.Three-time State-level Winner NJ Poetry Contest 2018/2019/2020, National level Winner Spring Robinson Prize, Finalist Pangolin Poetry Prize 2019, Adelaide Literary Award 2019. Currently co-editing an anthology celebrating 100 years of the suffrage movement in the US. Blogs at Megha's World.
Latest posts by Megha Sood (see all)
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