mosaic

I.

When she feels halfway gone

When the music seems to pierce through

her skin and muscle and bone instead of 

     flowing through her blood like water, pulsing

When she longs for the sun but when light

     touches her skin she screams and writhes in agony

And with everything she has she wants to will it

     out of her body

     spill like air

     become one with the atmosphere

     evaporate

My skin is wet tissue paper

One touch and it's torn to pieces

My walls are not titanium

     or even clay

They are the most delicate butterfly wing

It's mesmerizing I know

And please don't get too close

Because the slightest breath

And it's shredded before your eyes

And you are now

One Who Shattered A Masterpiece

and she exists

as nothing more than fibers

now tell me why anyone

would even bother

when she can be swept up with dust

and scattered

II.

So you see

the most impervious barrier of all

is one so d e l i c ate

That pure rays of light would fracture it, so 

No one bothers to even see it

They look straight through it

And how can you break

through a wall

When you don't even

know it

exists