Shards of Glass by J.C. Eavenson

--by J.C. Eavenson

The strongest of glass is meant to withstand

Great heat and zero degree cold

Go to extreme and glass will explode

Shatter into thousands of pieces

Shards of Glass are strewn all over the floor

On tables and countertops

Beautiful frozen raindrops

Fractures that gleam like diamonds

Sweep, vacuum,

Examine every spot

Make sure not a shard of glass that was shot

Can scratch or cut gentle skin

Days, weeks, months later

Shards of glass can spear

Caution could not make the sparkling dust disappear

And we walk gingerly wherever we go

First Published in Unlimited Literature Magazine (UL-Mag) First print/digital issue on September 24th, 2020.

J.C. Eavenson, Des Plaines, IL