It wasn't the child's fault. No, it was the mother
hurrying to the car with arms too full
who let the glass vase fall on the concrete curb.
But it was the child who shrieked and kept on sobbing
even when she held him close and said it didn't matter.
How defenseless are the young against disaster
and oh! the sounds of breaking,
the crash the clatter
then
silence that terrifies the heart.
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