Something Made Of Glass

There is something here made of glass
It is us
We here
All of us are made of glass
Collected together from tiny molecules
Like star dust and crystals
Melted in the furnace until you can’t see the
Cracks
But we can
Or at least we feel them under our skin
They rub against our bones
Push against our flesh
Time passes
We feel the cracks widen and suck us down
Down into their darkness
Their depths

We are all glass
And this world is a hammer
Crashing down on top of us
A drunkard
Breaking bottles in the dark
A child
Smashing plates in the kitchen
All to drown out the world
Because we are glass
And the nature of glass
Is to crack
But you and me
We’re each other’s glue

When I see the cracks showing in your façade
I will stick you back together
And hope you’ll do the same for me
I hope we all would
But lately we’ve been ignoring this
Ignoring the cracks
We pretend not to care
When someone shatters next to us
Exploding into a billions shards of sunlight
On the side of the road
We walk on
Over the fallen
Noting the sounds
As we crunch on top of what is left
What a wonderful melody, we think
So very melancholy