Contractors of the mind,
beating the clay of thoughts
into cups they can use,
carefully molded with their words,
massaging the brain
with their seductive caresses,
until they shape a heart
so it becomes their tool.
Then once the purpose has been served,
what was beneficial
is tossed on a mound of neglect,
broken, but still beating,
no glue to repair the fractures,
a vessel left in shards
leaking the waters of life,
unable to hold their rejuvenating power.
bleeding of the essence once coating insides,
becoming a shell that can’t preserve its passions,
souls that have been left without any sense of cohesion
between self and surroundings.
Porcelain fantasies of envisioned destinies
as a china masterpiece in fame’s dining room,
haunt in the sounds of fragments falling
from the shelf where one expected
to spent the future.
Eyes void of their visions for tomorrow
without cracks in their existence,
another memory from the kiln of ambition
where one was fired and tested,
but left flawed and dysfunctional.
Holding the pieces together in the head
hoping to find cure for the brokenness,
somewhere that help doesn’t use hammers
as means to improve a person’s shape and meaning.
Author notes
Your prompt: SHATTERED ALIVE
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Contractors of the mind,
beating the clay of thoughts
into cups they can use,
carefully molded with their words,
massaging the brain
with their seductive caresses,
until they shape a heart
so it becomes their tool.
That is just an awesome stanza, Such an interesting an creative piece you've penned! Such imagery. Thanks so much for entering my contest. I’m honored to have you show your work here.
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amazing write for the prompt . . great insight . . liked "they shape a heart so it becomes their tool" and "Porcelain fantasies of envisioned destinies" . . good luck in the contest
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Some wonderful imagery portrayed here, I especially like 'kiln of ambition', very unique phrasing. A great read, good luck
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interesting. I would almost say you are discussing mind control here
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