I am

By Marlena O

I am delicate,

I am fragile,

I am breakable.

Not like a flower,

I'm not a sweet girl

With big doe eyes

and a soft laugh.

I’m a crystal glass.

I could shatter,

My pieces scattered,

Shards slicing those I love.

I’m a house of cards.

Breathe too heavily,

And I’ll come crashing down.

Don't bother with reconstruction.

I’m a bubble.

transparent.

Get too close,

And I’ll burst.

I’m not a sweet piece of foliage.

I’m teetering on the edge,

A gust of wind could send me

over

And i wouldn't scream on the way

down.

I may be fragile,

But not in the way that draws

people in,

In the way that scares them away.