Fragility

She was the embodiment of broken,
hard seashells ran ragged through rough terrains endured navigating the seas of life.    
Despite her strength, her essence scattered into a million minuscule grains along the sea shore.  
Forged in the fires, a heavenly light brought her back to life.    
Resuscitated by the brilliance of a lightning strike.  
The storm now rages on inside her heart.  
Her rebirth brings strength intertwined with fragility  
what once was broken is easily fractured again  
A soul pieced back together still remembers the cracks  
The mind runs it’s thoughts over scars no longer visible on the flesh  
She holds the pain of a million breaks, as the tape rewinds and replays in the depths of the darkened corridors that shaped her  
She walks across a tightrope of barbed wire  
Forging through obstacles within and outside of herself  
Darkened clouds precipitate  
as the thundering and lightning which regifted her life eternally frenzy  
encapsulated inside a tender heart  
stretched to its limits  
Resiliency comes with a price to pay  
Forgive her if she keeps her heart closely tucked  and fiercely guarded under her wing    
She isn’t weak  
She knows a truth only few can grasp  
when you’ve been fused together into glass  
It only takes a single fall,  
to lose it all