Listen, 

Listen, 

Listen beloved.

Careful in 

whose hands you’re held

Expensive, costly treasure

Given to hands

Clumsy, thoughtless

An instant 

Shattered, splintered

On the floor

Heart of porcelain

Beware.

Heart of porcelain

never again remade

not the same

Pieces 

Missing.

Careful in 

whose hand’s you’re held.

Priceless, rare valuable

Heart of porcelain

Beware.

Listen, 

Listen, 

Listen  beloved.