Eggshell strong

Eggshell strong

Hairline cracks

Shatter in real-time

Hammer blows

Are accumulative

Broken pieces

Are never uniform

Jagged edges

Meet as rarely

As hen’s teeth

And there will always be

Seepage

Porous skin

Bleeding protein

Leaching lifelines

Brain salad

Needs a clean dressing

Not brown paper

Every fall

Is set to bring an end

To the illusion

Of wellness

There is nothing hard boiled

About tenderness

It is worth more than salt

Taste the difference

From a chocolate teapot

Melt in the mouth

Goodness

Can be sickening

Cynicism is catching

When the stitches

Holding

A heart together

Are undone

There is more

To see than

Battlefield scars

Barely held

By wishful thinking

Not nobly borne

Nor shamefully badged

The struggle

Can be internal

A dark star

Locked up in a jam jar

Survival

Is not an end

It is fragile

An egg

Rolling down a hill

In a rainstorm

Momentum

As much a boon

As a hindrance

The only hope

Is a soft soap

Landing