Fragile Containers

Title: “Light”, from the Tabiji Eggshell collection
Media: Eggshell, light.

Fragile Containers

Such pressure

to appear the perfect egg

impressively whole 

24/7

without blemish

instagram-worthy

but ultimately boring

and afraid.

Love comes

invites letting go

of pretending

to be real.

Cracks birth texture

underpainting depth 

into who we are

as we allow

brokenness to shape us

space opens

a silence

making way

for more 

for God 

to come and dwell

releasing

our whole selves 

awakening

coming to life

beyond what we judged presentable

loved

welcomed as is

belonging

jagged edges and all

brave

beloved 

broken eggshells

fragile containers 

of the Holy

are we.

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