Glass

You speak

With a childish wonder

Not child-like, mind you

Childish

Dreams

Shatter

A world of glass

A bubble of existence

G o n e

In a moment of

Clarity

Never understand what something is

Until you realize what it is not

Your definition

Does not define 

the tr u t h

But rather

It defines

The illusions of youth

Youthful clarity

And youthful illusions

Contradict, contrast

Blend themselves to get her

Until you cannot untangle

O n e

from

the

other

But when the illusions s h   a t t er

(and they always do,)

You will see

So clearly

The cracks

In

The

G l a  s           s