The Potter's vase

Shattered shards
Society's discards

A Potter's vase
Glass and stone
Pearls, diamonds, and gold

Words scattered
Spirit battered

Scarlet letters
Sinful debtors

Bloody red
Hollow and dead
Lies spread

A Potter's vase
Glass and stone
Pearls, diamonds, and gold

Hope's beauty
Breaks through cruelty

A linguist spells
A lament swells

Broken shells
Shattered shards
Society's discards.

By Shannon McKemie, M.A.