Shattered

a word like a knife
a reminder of character ruined
a sound so crystal and beautiful
of crushed spirit and summoned memory

Beauty and pain, both fleetingly
embracing the heart that had once connected
searing silence, the image is gone
so recklessly become a memory

endured in untimely moments
of buttons, triggers, disconnected from now
time stands still, no breath passes
a lifetime of glass memories, fired and shattered