Clay and Water- Free Verse

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I went through it all:
alcohol addiction, self harm, vaping,
getting high, depression, physical abuse, and mental abuse.
All of those things have molded me into the person I am now.

In ceramics you can take clay and form it into whatever you want
You can let it sit out for a week, but if you wet it, it will become reformable once again.

Only once you put your masterpiece-
good or bad,
into the kiln, it will harden.
Stuck into whatever the creator shaped it to be.

I am like clay
All of those things that have helped mold me into what I am now.
I don't know when, but at some point I was put in the kiln,
stuck in whatever shape I currently take.
How do I escape this fragile masterpiece?

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