An Empty Pot

By LFJ

I am an empty pot.
Filled with water to the top.
That overflows on its own
But never needs to be known.
I am an empty pot filled with water
I am an empty pot
formed and shaped by wise hands.
formed and shaped to withstand
brought back from clay and dust I was
to be an empty pot.

What use is a pot I say that can hold no water
or is filled with so many things that It would rather not bother.
What use is fancy designs if water does not hold.
If things that placed inside just rattled in the mold.
What use is the empty pot that is full of greed and pride
What use an empty pot if when needed for use will hide.

Each time I fall or crumble I mold back to his hands
and then I am reshaped to a pot thats far more fine and grand.
To Take me to the oven and to set me to stand would not justify the
Mastery of the Potmaker or his glorious hands.