Through a Cracked Lens

Photo by Hebert Santos from Pexels

Sometimes it

Feels like

We’re looking

Through a cracked

Lens of normalcy

A beautiful

Picture of

What should

Be

But I’ve seen

The way

Life can

Break

You and

Make you

Whole

In a breath.

Thanks to Christian Bolt @christianbolt for making this photo available freely on Unsplash 🎁 https://unsplash.com/photos/_IR0185tRzA

I’ve watched

Loved

Ones say

Goodbye

Far to soon

Watched a friend

Say goodbye

To a young

Son,

And I’ve seen

The way murder