belle.

i remember the day
i saw my belle.

stood before a great glass window
and oh, she was pretty.

young eyes, innocent cheeks,
one little, beautiful heart.

my glass belle,
whole,
smiling right back at me.

carried carefully
everywhere i went.

she's a delicate one, my belle is.

if my belle were simply older,
she would be worn at the edges.

but no -
broken is the little glass doll inside of me.

hurled,
dropped,
hammered.

and now, all that remains are shards.

and yet, i prize every shard.
especially those that make me bleed -
those that will never heal -
i will cherish those for eternity.
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