Shatter

byCruelToBeKind7©

My morals are constructed
In a glass frame above my bed
My mother pounding the nail into the wall
Gritting her teeth
Father never speaking of it but
Eyes the frame as he passes
My open door

I clean the glass
Straighten it when it goes off center

Show it off to you
I won’t let it shatter

It goes crooked
Rattles from an outside force
I move it from wall to wall

But I won’t let it shatter

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