Glass is prettier when it's broken
and eyes, so gorgeous with tears.
A blade when it's failed,
a gun when it's hot.
A ship when it's sailed,
a love when it's not.
Fireflies at night,
to fire and fight;
a feeling of passion, a bird in mid-flight.
Left and gone,
a heart and it's song.
The apple has rotted;
a fleeting swan song.