Dawn & Dusk

Not forgotten
Not alone
No longer broken
No longer forlorn

Not irredeemable
Not a reject
No longer ashamed
No longer a wreck

Not too far gone
Not a hopeless case
Not a dirty stain
That needs to be erased

Not an imposter
I am not lesser
I am not simply someone’s project
To try and make better

I am the shattered pot
That He made whole
Whose cracks were fixed together
Set with seams of gold

I was the ancient painting
Scarred and defaced
Worked on by the Master
The damages embraced

I was a remnant
A stranger in my own skin
Doing things I hated
Saying things I didn’t believe in

Now finally I am whole
Functioning as He designed
Flowing in the gifts
That He had buried deep inside

Now I float on cloud tops
Soaring to places above
Knowing that I am not forgotten
Knowing that I am loved