Fragile

by Mad Hatter - Capricorn

There you go, once more
threatening to slip
below the surface of
a dark, bitter, icy stream,
an unmanned, out of control
ship careening wildly into
some unmoored, tentative corner 
of your view of the world,  
an unhinged ether dream
loosing its grip.

My sweet, lost boy,
fragile as a glass figurine
poised on the edge
of a tall shelf, waiting
for the hint of a tremor
to ease itself over the edge
into the free, cool air
to caress the elegant hardness
of a shiny, shimmering marble or
beautifully waxed hardwood floor,
to shatter into an infinite number
of deadly shards, joyfully
piercing the skin of all
who touch what remains.

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2002-01-17 23:51:50
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:45:36
Poem ID: 66772

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