Luminous [A poetry collection] ~ Canvas of Words

~ c l a y f l o w e r v a s e ~

Cheers to 366 days
that shaped us like clay
that is made for a vase.

Cheers to the hundred skilled touches
that pulled us away from cruelty's clutches.
Cheers to the hundred pretty mistakes,
thanks for the few unbearable aches,
thank you for making me stronger.

Cheers to the love, that we received,
the cause of all that we've achieved.
Cheers to the hatred, the fights and the discord,
whenever someone I didn't know whispered -
it taught me how to remain myself.

Cheers to the lovely decorations
that people covered and wrapped me in.
Cheers to the falling and tumbling down,
it forced me to learn how to stand my ground,
for one of many ways to grow is to break.

Cheers to each and everyone,
here and out there in the big, wide world,
let's remember the people we lost,
and appreciate the people we found.

Cheers to the end of those 54 weeks
let's toast to new beginnings.
Let's celebrate whatever has been,
let's celebrate whatever will come.

It's been a tough year
for all of us,

but look -
how lovely!
You see that flower?

An addition to the ones you've already collected,
to the many mistakes you've already corrected,
during the years that now lie behind you.

And it seems like it's just about to be placed
in your very own, beautiful clay flower vase.

~~~~~~~~~~

My dear people, I wish you all a very happy new year!
I hope you can have a great new start and achieve everything you dream of from tomorrow on!
Don't limit yourself and change whatever you want to change!