empty strength

empty eggs
dunked into buckets

drowning 
with color

300
delicately cracked open
drained
dried
and 
dyed  
egg shells

children
young and a bit older
did the dying

come to find out

empty 
egg shells 
are stronger 
than you think 

metal spoons
plastic buckets
moving children

in it all we only lost one shell
and only damaged one

empty eggs
are stronger 
than you think

i suppose
the same is true for us 

we are often afraid
to let go
step back
give up
hand over
empty 
our selves

but the truth 
remains
we are 
stronger than we think

we may feel 
vulnerable
fragile 
and utterly broken

but 
in reality we 
are stronger than we think

our emptied 
shells 
have strength enough
to be drowned 
in a new coat
of color

empty
is not 
how we have
defined it

empty can be
strength

we are 
stronger than 
we 
think