A heart shatters
like a crystal vase
and the shards sink deep
into my own chest
just enough blood left
to bleed
just enough feeling left
to ache
A life shatters
like a crystal vase
and the shards sink deep
into my hands
as I try to gather
to piece together
something
anything
We shatter like a crystal vase
and there among the fragments
my heart
still beating
still beating
then still—
hoping you will
take it
I shatter like a crystal vase
and in every shard my reflection
you look on
no longer trying
to gather the pieces
your hands will stay
uncut
unlike my heart
unlike my life
unlike my everything
