Glass Vessels

Vessels of glass
                          tottering
on an unstable shelf
until one manages
to slip off the edge,
sha      tter      ing
on the cold tile floor.

We see the pieces
of the once beautiful entity
and search for a reason.

Why would this happen?

That this glass
which was so radiant, and whole
would come
cra
shing
down
in an instant.

Our lives are like glass
                         tottering
on an unstable shelf,

and some simply
fall sooner
then others.