Anxious Poets Society
Cracks in the Glass
The cracks in the glass
can be useful.
If you’re a struggling science teacher
looking to gain some traction
just put some water at the base
for a lesson on capillary action.
If you’re an ant colony
looking for a new home
then go explore those crevices
build your queen a glass throne.
If that cracked glass ever gets
into a glass-on-glass fight
those marks are like scars
signaling experience and might.
If you’re a person struggling
with perfectionism and vanity
let those cracks be your reprieve
bringing you back to sanity.
Or maybe those cracks were made
in defense of a loved one
and while they aren’t pretty to us
to them they mean a ton.
The cracks in the glass
can be useful.
Darren Incorvaia is a behavioral ecologist, PhD student, educator, and writer currently based in Lansing, Michigan. He enjoys the outdoors and hates haircuts.