Surviving Metaphor: Cracked Cups

by | Sep 1, 2023 | Essays | 12 comments

Cracked light

—You can’t serve from an empty cup.

—Got it.

—Fill your cup before you attend to other cups.

—On it.

—There is a crack in everything.

—Wait! What?

—That’s how the light gets in.

—Yeah, but… cup… fill it?

—Shine your light.

—I know… this little light of mine. But the cup.

—It’s cracked…

—I know and I need to fill it!

—… and the light gets in…

—through the crack. I know. The problem is the spilling out.

—That’s how the light…

—Oh, wait… the light gets out. Into the world.

—And gets in. So, fill your cup…

—… with light.

©Pennie Nichols. All Rights Reserved. 2023

12 Comments

  2. Alana
    Alana on September 4, 2023 at 4:06 pm

    Beautifully said.

    Reply
  4. Diane
    Diane on September 4, 2023 at 9:12 am

    Beautiful! You’ve let in some light!

    Reply
  5. Carol Cassara
    Carol Cassara on September 2, 2023 at 1:16 pm

    I can’t even tell you how much I love this one!

    Reply
  6. Estelle
    Estelle on September 2, 2023 at 7:35 am

    My thought process every day:) thanks for this.

    Reply

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