Perfection Is Flawed - Broken Hearts

Love

can be like washing dishes
Fine china

You hold it in your fingers

astightasyoupossiblycan

but it still

s l i p s t h r o u g h
your soapy fingers

f
a
l
l
s

and before you know it

it is in s h a t t e r s
at your feet

Gone.

Perfection Is Flawed

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/broken-hearts/