Glass Heart

sometimes
when you are
transparent as glass, you shatter
just as easily. people are not gentle
and if
you are too careless, sometimes
they will break you
and the best you can do is to try
not to choke
on the broken glass, because darling
there is no use in piercing
your skin if nobody
is willing to stitch you back together
and honey, they won't.
they will let you bleed out, they won't
even
notice.