Life Is a Crystal Ball
Life is a crystal ball.
Round and clear almost invisible.
You can’t see a center,
only touch the edge,
which is almost perfectly hidden from site.
So smooth,
So smooth.
It rolls off a table, or slips through your fingers,
And hits the ground with a thud.
Now that perfectly unnoticed quiet ball,
Is screaming with pain.
A crack.
A single white crack.
It will never be invisible.
It will never be quiet.
It will never be liked.
Life is a crystal ball.