Castle of Glass
shattered
a piece of glass crumbled
and crushed
laying
on the floor
waiting
for the bird
to rise
but he doesn’t
falling
drops of blood
running down
his wrist
dripping
landing
on the shards
of his
shattered castle
shining
reflecting off
the smoke
tears falling
mixing
with the
blood
on the knife
he holds
watching
the stolen
words burn
wishing
he had
the courage to
take his life
or reveal his
secret
dying
inside as
everything he loved
burns
trying
to hold it together
until someone can
show him how to
be whole again