Life Lessons

By Dr. Tina Tessina. Posted on Feb 5th 2013.

A meaningful life is about growing your soul

Life
is worked
On a wheel
Sloppy, slippery
Formless base clay
Rising coaxed, caressed,
Coerced and beaten into shape
Tested in passion’s consuming fire
Until worthy to catch and hold
A bit of the liquid grace
Pouring unceasingly over us.

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