shattered by marysusan williams-migneault (c) 2001 revised 2008

A Poem by RHP

shattered

cracked/reflection
    in the mirror
         of someone
               who looks
                   like me
              except
          gone is
   the light
              chin digs
        deep
   into
       collarbone
                stone-cold
          mind’s-eye
      turned
  inward
        iced tears
                  etched
on  cherry-singed  cheeks
  leaving         only
            jaggered
       patches
of being
               someone
almost …