My fingers reach into the clay.

How are you today?
How far can we go?
my hands ask the earth.

Between touch and resistance,
we explore each other’s edges.
We grow slowly, together —
through time, through space,
through pressure and release.

And when you have become fully yourself,
when your shape is ready to leave me,
will you go on and live with a stranger?

Do not be afraid.
I will introduce you gently.
I will help them understand you,
so you never have to feel alone.