Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

by

Dawn Pisturino

shattered glass
could not
cut deeper
the fine jagged edges
piercing the soul
with precision accuracy

how many times
did you laugh
at the pain
preferring to use it
as balm
for your own
flagging ego

ghost man
invisible
never there
a fleeting memory
in the daylight

how is it possible
to love a ghost

you cast away
the one you love

build walls of steel
impregnable
untouchable

turn away
at the iron gate

lost passions
lost hope

a wilderness
of emptiness and pain

April 27, 2001

Edited version published on Masticadores USA on April 4, 2022.

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