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Lessons from Kintsugi
a cleave poem
Kayla Barlow
Shards lie shattered
remnants of a reflection,
your identity
You mend the pieces
anew
deliberately complete
despite it all
whole again
Is this revolution?
Evidence of a life unkind
found fragmented
lying amongst slivers of what was.
gently, your soft hands seal them together
with glittering gold
a sign of stubbornly indomitable spirit
and you wonder
Is this love?
Kayla Barlow
Kayla Barlow is a graduating senior at Howard University, majoring in English with a minor in Journalism. Hailing from Indianapolis, Kayla has worked at the Indianapolis Recorder and INDYCAR. As Secretary of the Sterling Allen Brown English Society and Vice President of VOCAL, she aims to drive change through strategic communication in both her professional and recreational endeavors and looks forward to doing the same with The Amistad.
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