Brittle, Fragile As Glass

A hard heart still bleeds

A Garland Cinquain Series

The Broken Window -Image by Shawn R Metivier, 2022

Brittle,
Fragile as glass,
But far less transparent,
Crust-covered in false personas
And weak

And weak
As a hard heart
Stiffened so and absorbed
Unable to beat on its own,
Deadened

Deadened
With selfish cares,
No longer giving, yet still bleeds
When there is so little to share
But grief

But gri…