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what do you want to be
your answer used to be
don't know

the world being full
of people doing something
doing the same thing
so why should you
why would you
even try

but in school today
someone taught you
how to make a vase
a small container
sculpted with your hands
then glazed

now you know who you want to be
someone containing the world
making bowls cups chalices
vases flagons grails

making life containers
joy containers
world containers
that's what you want to do

but surely the world is already full
of people making lots of things
the same things

but then again
the world needs containers
all the time
for all kinds of things
and that's what you want to do

your work dress is white ripped cotton
but your working hands are wrapped
in a lavender blue scarf
in the evening
you zip it around you
it's your sleeping bag
for dreaming world shapes



Vera Kelgart  (with Isis crystal 'Sophia')  2013