Broken Glass

I only hear shattering glass over and over again. 

It’s breaking. 

Choking. 

I’m running, 

       walking, 

       crawling. 

I’m screaming and I’m crying but I’m not sad. 

I’m unknowing. 

 

The threads undone. 

I did it all wrong. 

Mama, please don’t be mad. 

 

I’m picking up the shattered glass. 

Each decade that’s past, 

I’ve almost lived three. 

I haven’t even lived. 

 

Happiness is a frame of mind. 

Can’t be touched, only held.