Last Christmas an ornament fell off the tree
The glass orb slipped from the highest bow
transparent shards replaced its pretty ivory
to this day I'm still confused as to how

I still remember when it was new and clean
It brought a great warmth to our collection
I think about all the Christmases it had seen
How many had seen its delicate complexion

it was given to my parents on their wedding day
and they hung it together, every year
but last year it fell and broke on Christmas day
and the only shimmers are found from tears