Vase
By June Ong ·
the jagged shards of porcelain
spewed
upon
the floor
they lay,
scattered
as I try desperately
reconstruct the pieces
missing definitely
missing
a few
and yet, it’s almost like
they didn’t exist. defeated,
I put them together
the rough shape of a vase
glue the pieces together
give them a new breath of life
the vase is crude, but holds water
smile, knowing it is fixed
cry, knowing it will never be the same again
sigh, as the vase
is broken
once more,
into
further
tiny
shards
of
misery.
the jagged shards of porcelain
spewed
upon
the floor
they lay,
scattered
as I try desperately
reconstruct the pieces
missing definitely
missing
a few
and yet, it’s almost like
they didn’t exist. defeated,
I put them together
the rough shape of a vase
glue the pieces together
give them a new breath of life
the vase is crude, but holds water
smile, knowing it is fixed
cry, knowing it will never be the same again
sigh, as the vase
is broken
once more,
into
further
tiny
shards
of
misery.
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the jagged shards of porcelain
spewed
upon
the floor
they lay,
scattered
as I try desperately
reconstruct the pieces
missing definitely
missing
a few
and yet, it’s almost like
they didn’t exist. defeated,
I put them together
the rough shape of a vase
glue the pieces together
give them a new breath of life
the vase is crude, but holds water
smile, knowing it is fixed
cry, knowing it will never be the same again
sigh, as the vase
is broken
once more,
into
further
tiny
shards
of
misery.