#Winner of the Poetry category in "Poetry, Lyrics, and Songwriting Competition" (07.08.2015) on Movellas
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Glass statuettes
were standing on my shelf.
Some were there
before I was born.
Some I picked up
going through life.
I perceived that there'd be time
when I'd lose each one by one.
Nevertheless,
I took them all
for granted.
A noise
of broken glass –
a statuette in a
had fallen on the ground.
I felt
pain,
I cried
my heart out,
However, time swept anguish away
leaving just a small wound.
Distress,
suffering
and shame –
are buried deep in my mind.
"Everything is granted,"
branded inside my skull.
Another fell –
shattered.
Its fragment stuck deep –
my heart bled.
I regretted
lost time.
I hated
insensibility.
I swore
to change.
I prayed
for more time.
I'm afraid
one more statuette
is about to fall........
Splinters.