Jagged Fragments

Navaris Darson

I didn’t choose to love him

nor did I fall, fast and wild

It was already within me

patiently waiting for him

And when he finally arrived

a deep knowing swelled

And a soft, sweet thing 

stirred from its slumber

And I glowed as glass glows

when it carries a light inside

And when he grew distant

I broke just as easily 

The beautiful thing inside

could have taken wing

and left this shattered cage

But it chose to remain 

And together,

we are learning 

how to reflect light

from jagged fragments

October 06, 2020