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Broken Glass.

A broken glass lay on the floor,

It had never occurred to me before,

That this image of a vessel shattered,

To someone might have truly mattered,

It could have held a liquid hope,

It could have contained a loving note,

It might’ve meant the world to them,

Thirsty now, unquenched then,

It must’ve fallen from a perfect table,

A dismal ending to an abysmal fable…

To put such emphasis on metaphor,

Will lead you where you were before,

The glass was empty, as always, like us

We will break too, meaningless.

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andrew-p-marheine
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Published
Aug 31, 2016
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