Bol à thé (Maison de la Culture du Japon, Paris)
Image by:
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Kintsukuroi

By: “Hesed” (pseudonym)

Beyond the ocean's rim, an
Eastern island kingdom teaches 
Kintsukuroi
A broken vessel repaired with gold is now
Unique from every other for
The scars it bears—a story revealed.

I, instead, hide my scars
For shame, a defeat displayed unwillingly,
Undesired—a story rejected.

So look to the
Son of God who
Carries scars, broken for a broken world, 
A witness of the cost of Grace,
Redeeming, rescuing a fallen world
Scarred hands that embrace me.
Kintsukuroi incarnate.

Arigato gozaimasu! / Thank you!

The Artist Collective

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