Saturday, December 24, 2011

Fragile

Fragile. color pencil sketch ~ Michael Douglas Jones



Glass ornaments,
fragile, forgotten,
break so easily,
carelessly left
clinging
to the Christmas Tree.

Children,
fragile, forgotten,
break so easily,
carelessly left
clinging
to the Family Tree.

I swept
the broken bits
beneath
the presents;
their presence
forgotten.




2 comments:

  1. the broken bits of the past must always be swept under the rug of the present.

    this is a gem. as is the drawing. fragile, indeed.

    life.

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  2. Wow, this is so true and powerful. Having been swept under the present myself for a long time I feel this post right in the center of my gut.

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