eggshells

Friends

we are

eggshells

fragile, hard, brittle shells

broken

irreparably cracked

but

lovely ones

i choose to believe

in the tenacity of life

the emergence of something new

from inside the cracked and broken shell

you are

all of you

possessed of such great strength

potential

brillance

light

the pain of the cracking

is the making way

for the new: 

a sacred, exquisite, heart-rending birth

you are – 

we are – 

all becoming new