Broken Lamp

I broke my vintage Holland lamp this morning Just accidentally, when I went To water the balcony flowers, With a watering can in my right hand And with my left hand I pulled the curtain down too hard And my poor lamp fell off the speaker, A big Tannoy speaker where it was standing. The dimmed glass lampshade was shattered But the glass case survived, so now I put a bigger piece of the lampshade on top, And the lamp is on again. I didn’t realize how much the lamp meant to me Until I broke it. I shall use it as it is now, Caring of this broken lamp Because it still shines for me, Lightning my way through the evenings And in the grey days, when its nice To switch on a lamp, to read the news Or write something of my own.