Torn Paper Turning Diamond

 

“As long as you can find yourself, you will
  never starve. – Susan Collins, The Hunger Games

In my torn paper mirror

I can see what was, what is,

and dream what can be.

Trying to see perfect

when a reflection is ragged edges

is like discarding broken pottery

when there is gold in restoration.

I cannot escape the human life

with its stones and grief mixed

with days of joy…But I can imagine

diamonds forming from the tears

where I break. 

Susie Clevenger 2023

The Sunday Muse #253