A Brand New Day

Elaine Murray
3 min readNov 1, 2021

Healing takes time. But time on its own doesn’t heal. Below is a poetic testimony to the moments of shattering and re-opening to newness after seasons of pain.

The sky was a piercing blue backdrop
for the terra cotta pot that flew in the air up against it
with unrecognizable Sharpie inscriptions all over it.

Photo by Kumiko SHIMIZU on Unsplash
Elaine Murray

Pastor | Mother | Communicator | Spiritual Director | Child of God