Kintsugi
You glue me together
I am a work of art
I'm a vase
Shattered and rejoined with gold
I am a broken dish
Fragile
Dainty
Porcelain
I'm small fragments put together for daily use
I'm shards lost among the dust
Scattered but brought back
Molten gold, painted on
Binds me together
The tracks of my trauma are visible
Illuminated
Glinting
Declaring
I have fallen
I've been broken
I was maybe whole before
There were holes before
If I'm porcelain
You're the gold
Restoring me in a way
Only you could
I'm whole again
I carry on
I contain all my contents
I can hold things in my heart
I hold you in my heart
I can be beautiful and lovely
I don't have to be ugly
Honest can be pretty
Magnificent
Meaningful
So I share my broken places
I don't hide the damage done
The damage remains
So do I
The damage done is that
Done
But I am
I am a work of art
About the Creator
Meagan Dion
Hi, my name is Meagan. I am a mom to four kiddos whom I homeschool. I am also a glassblower, creator, and writer. I aspire to finish and publish my memoir, but it's going to take a lot of time and coffee. Coffee is a verb, do you coffee?
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (17)
A work of art indeed. Beautifully written
I really love this metaphorically based poem. Congratulations on the Top Story, too.
nice work, congrats on TS!
Gorgeous work :)
How beautifully put together. A stunning metaphor 😍
Great
Incredible!
Truly beautiful! Such depth and stunning written expression!
You’re indeed a work of art, honest can be pretty and your poem was more than pretty good.
Absolutely stunning reflections on one of the most beautiful and meaningful artforms out there. Lovely, lovely messages here - congrats on the Top Story!!
Beautiful poem! I love how you describe the kinstugi to demonstrate the beauty of putting oneself back together
Beautiful work. And such a unique approach to conveying the message! Congrats on your TS!
So beautiful and moving
This is beautiful. Congrats on the TS.
Beautiful and meaningful message, 👏🥰👏😍😍😍😍
I love the concept , I have used it for a couple of my poems. Excellent words
Loved it!!! Especially loved the last line. Found it inspiring!!❤️❤️💕