Broken Clay Vessels Poem by Daleen Enslinstrydom

When your heart leaks
of sadness like a broken clay vessel
and words of people just leave potsherds
and everything that you did believe
and thought that you are,
are broken to a shattered nothing
and everything that people make you
become potsherds to other people

and your value is measured
in earthly possessions
and your are declared useless as a human being
and the flaws do become lasting
and everything that completes you is lost to you
and through this you do even doubt your faith
and the reason for your existence
and allow others to reduce you to nothing
while you drown in their harsh words

then you become an empty vessel
that has lost its brilliance
and then you are shattered
while you loose your esteem
in the eyes of others
and at times it feels as if everybody has abandoned you,
even as if God has forsaken you.

Remember that God does see through everything
and He does remain the hope.
He will not break the bended reed
and will not extinguish the smouldering wick.