Fragile: Handle with Care
Fragile: Handle with Care
Fragile: Handle with Care
by Myra Chappius
Hearts aren’t built with holesThey are woven tight — stackedLike a Jenga towerPieces are plucked awayBy circumstance, action, inactionPiled back on topThe base becoming more precarious with each move
We teeterSwaying, second by secondTrying to steady ourselvesAvoiding a fatal pullThe one segment that will cause all the rest to crashThe anxiety, the fearOf finding it all — suddenly — fallenThe insufficient living we do
It may take timeA careful assembling — pieces placed with shaking hands and apprehensionThe sneaky, creeping dance of restraintBut — like the tower — a heart can be reconstructedKnitted together once more — spaces filled by lessons learnedMade whole again
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Featured in our March 2022 issue, "Structure/Destruction"