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The Glass House of Fragility

Glass, I am

Handle with care

For fragile I am.

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Throwing stones at me

Left and right

All day, all night

No reprieve. No hope in sight.

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Why did I build my house this way?

I can’t sleep, I can’t run, I can’t stay.

I pray for this madness to STOP!

Every Day – For it to go far far away.

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Please, Please, Please. GOD?!

NO MORE!

E-NOUGH IS E-NOUGH!

Coming to the end of a rapidly fraying rope

Finding myself repeatedly unable to cope

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Shouting at the top of my lungs

LOUDER!

LOUDER!!

LOUDER!!!

HELP ME!!!! HELP ME!!!!

***

Begging and hoping for my screams

To Shatter —

Shatter ME —

This House of Fragility!

Eleanor Lorene Lowe
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17 responses to “The Glass House of Fragility”

  1. utahan15 Avatar
    utahan15

    we all are children of the crystal palace

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    1. Eleanor Lorene Lowe Avatar
      Eleanor Lorene Lowe

      That’s very true and I love the way you put it. Well said, utahan15! Thank you for reading and commenting. I appreciate you taking the time.

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        utahan15

        time is ours. John is i

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  2. ZeroSpace Avatar
    ZeroSpace

    “I can’t sleep, I can’t run, I can’t stay” and “Coming to the end of a rapidly fraying rope.” YES. Both of those things are what anxiety is to me. Not there yet but I will enter that realm soon enough.
    I hate that you suffer these things, but I am awed by your talent for expressing them.

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    1. Eleanor Lorene Lowe Avatar
      Eleanor Lorene Lowe

      Oh, Melissa. I’m sorry experience the same. It is dreadful, isn’t it? Thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate the compliment! You are so sweet!

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  3. DiosRaw Avatar
    DiosRaw

    Love you, we love you. We are all delicate beings, some have a coating of false hardness of others bare their vulnerability which is strength. ♥️🙏🏻

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    1. Eleanor Lorene Lowe Avatar
      Eleanor Lorene Lowe

      Thank you! I’ve come to find something unexpected here and for once it’s not scary or frustrating, quite the opposite. That something unexpected is friendship, support, encouragement, validation, affirmation. A sense of community. All these things I stumbled upon serendipitously couldn’t have come at a better and much needed time.

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        DiosRaw

        ♥️😉🙏🏻

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  4. Woodsy Avatar
    Woodsy

    Sometimes the the most fragile thing is the only thing deep enough to carry all that heartache…
    the only thing deep enough to fill the best, rugged spaces between those mountains –
    the human mountains…
    the mountains that grow in human hearts…
    the mountains that summon wild, thundery monsoons from the gas-fuelled core of the cosmos
    seeding the wild lands of the heart with rivers
    and conjuring the churn of oceans with what a far more casual and unseeing world simply writes off as teardrops.

    Fragile things that hold unseen galaxies together behind their smile.

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    1. Eleanor Lorene Lowe Avatar
      Eleanor Lorene Lowe

      Wonderfully and eloquently said, John. ❤️❤️❤️

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  5. thereluctantpoet Avatar
    thereluctantpoet

    Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.

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    1. Eleanor Lorene Lowe Avatar
      Eleanor Lorene Lowe

      As always, thank you 😊 my friend!

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      1. thereluctantpoet Avatar
        thereluctantpoet

        Always happy to read and share, your writing and posts with followers, My Dear! Hope you’re having a great day! 😊💕🌹

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      2. Eleanor Lorene Lowe Avatar
        Eleanor Lorene Lowe

        I’m doing better. Thank you 😊 Last night was really rough and I feel so drained today, can’t seem to do anything. It’s one of those can’t get out of bed days. You ever have those?

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  6. parneetsachdev Avatar
    parneetsachdev

    Inside us we all are in a way fragile. Whatever the exterior. A great post

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    1. Eleanor Lorene Lowe Avatar
      Eleanor Lorene Lowe

      Oh, thank you for reading and for leaving such a kind and thoughtful comment. 😉

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      1. parneetsachdev Avatar
        parneetsachdev

        😊

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