Millefiori

(thousands of flowers)

If you look at Millefiori  glass,

the elegance of flowers by

the thousands is revealed to you.

By mere accident, the vase 

tumbles from the shelf.

There is no way to put it

back together—each flower

is accentuated by the next

in concentric beauty.

This exotic piece of art,

shattered forever.

My heart is glass.

Carol Gorman

June 25, 2007