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i went everywhere

Temples 

Mosques 

Churches 

Monasteries

and asked the divine

what ceramics were used

to craft my heart

people run toward the design

drawn to the color

the pattern

the surface

something i cannot show them

though science names it

anatomy makes it clear

but when something breaks

it simply breaks

cracks like earthenware

and changes the whole design of a face

perhaps our faces reveal

the condition of our hearts

in that case

i will wear a smile

to show the world be happy

for sadness is no luxury at all

prayers and meditation

keep me focused

shape me like pottery on a wheel

i feel the divine adding

heavenly material into those cracks

making what broke

stronger

perhaps the design on other faces

is not what the heart truly holds

i don’t have the answer

some things remain

undefined

unrefined

and perhaps

that is exactly

what we are