Keeping it together

A glass shell
Fragile, cracked
every bump, every jolt widening
like a windshield in a cold snap

stellate, star-like
each ray lacerating the organism within

blood pooling
dripping through the cracks

outsiders avert eyes
give wide berth
don't be contaminated

The shell is all that keeps it together.

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