EXTRAORDINARY
THE POTTER TAKES THE CLAY INTO HIS HAND,
HE ADDS NEEDED WATER TO MOLD AT HIS COMMAND,
A BEGINNERS PIECE OF WORK LOOKING LOPSIDED IN NATURE,
BUT AS EACH DAY PASSES, ITS FORM BEGINS TO MATURE.
MUCH NEEDED CARE AND PATIENCE IS NEEDED AS EACH DAY DOES PASS,
FOR THIS LUMP OF CLAY IS SOMEWHAT HARD TO MOLD, ALAS.
T’WOULD TAKE BUT AN AMATEUR TO BRING ABOUT SOMETHING ORDINARY,
BUT AN EXPERT OF ARTISTIC ABILITY ADDS TEXTURE IN LAYERS
CREATING SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS THE RECIPE,
A SECRET KEPT FOR MANY A CENTURY
A LITTLE OF THIS, A LITTLE OF THAT,
EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY IN NATURE IS WHERE I’M AT.
A JOURNEY OF LONG WINDING TRAILS
HATH LEFT ME NOW WITH MANY TALES,
BUT EXTRAORDINARY IS ALL I CAN SAY,
TO BE LEFT WHOLE IN A STATE OF A SPIRITUAL OASIS, COME WHAT MAY.
ANOTHER MEMORIAL ARRIVING SOON,
TO PARTAKE OF HIS HOLINESS IS IN LOON,
LEAVING ME SADDENED WITH MANY A THOUGHT,
TAKING ME TO ANOTHER “NEW’ PLACE TO CONTINUE TO BE TAUGHT,
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY.
INSPIRED 1-6-02
J.C.VANCE
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