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Bones


This is the way a bone looks when it breaks  
you were sitting in the corner   
hiding teary eyes in soft hands  
always the lynch pin, you unraveled  
once the pressure of a lie broke  
the wall dividing solitude and love  
you collapsed unable to grasp either 
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