I felt it fall, delicately brushing my cheek leaving a mark. It felt like time had stopped as i looked down to watch it fall. As it reached the floor, it smashed into a million particles on the concrete like glass would when broken. I stood there, silently, slowly breathing in and out, my heart beating in my chest, the tear that fell would become only one of the many that would crumble into a million pieces and i didn’t know how to stop them. i didn’t know how to save them, but most of all i didn’t know how to stop the pain that i felt inside.
-h.newman
