i am fragile {June 2007}

Originally uploaded by Ellanora Marie

i am fragile

shattered and torn

much like glass, or paper

i am fragile.

i turn away

shut the door

lock the windows

before anyone gets too close

close enough to see me

all of me

the me that i hide

please know this before

you speak:

i am fragile.

will i ever be lifted

and shifted?

triumphant over the pit,

the miry clay.

i

am

sinking

and

i am fragile.

yet i lie here in waiting

for the sunrise,

the dawn of mercy.

for beauty.

i wait

and i dance in this darkness

proclaiming,

i am fragile.

~ec