Sketch to Masterpiece
Completion takes time.
Residual damage
is the kind of breakage
that doesn’t leave you
as soon as you’re free.
It lingers in your lungs
like the stain of smoke
from years of inhaling toxins.
It won’t recede easily
it takes years
of giving yourself care
and fresh air
to heal the damage.
But too many people
won’t understand
that even though
you’ve left troubled times behind,
you’re not immediately okay.
Becoming whole,
aligning the missing pieces
retrieved from all the places
where you didn’t even realize
you were chipped and lost them
is an artisan craft
worth every moment it takes
to complete.
Masterpieces are never finished
in the blink of an eye
or in just one instant.
About the Creator
Leigh Fisher
I'm a writer, bookworm, sci-fi space cadet, and coffee+tea fanatic living in Brooklyn. I have an MS in Integrated Design & Media (go figure) and I'm working on my MFA in Fiction at NYU. I share poetry on Instagram as @SleeplessAuthoress.
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