From the Charlotte Mint Museum permanent collection
Trust is a fragile, delicate thing,
easily broken,
more easily shattered,
the shrapnel goes through
a metamorphosis, becomes
a catalyst in the chemical reaction
between hearts and minds,
turning love
into hate.
About the Creator
Harper Lewis
I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and all kinds of witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me.
MA English literature, College of Charleston
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Comments (3)
So true!
Once fractured, it never quite fits the same again.
So easy to lose it, very difficult to regain