{w o r d s} fragile

By Brooke Riley - November 10, 2021



glass shard
dripping blood
like a knife

you didn't have to cut me
to make me bleed
my heart was bleeding
long before you met me

knife to the back 
dagger to the heart 
for what's it's worth 
I was already fragile enough to break 

no rest
no peace
nothing left 
inside this glass heart

I grip the shards
in my soft hands
tears and blood
mix at my feet 

I was already fragile enough to break 
long before you met me
my glass heart
cracked and chipped
now lays on the ground

and I fall 
again
next to my broken heart
tears mixing with blood
succumbing to the pain

until I'm numb enough
to gather the shards
and build a new heart
to start all over again




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