I dropped a glass cup of water
It fell to the floor and shattered into
a thousand pieces.
***
The water oozed through the wreckage of its container
it spread far and wide and stretched to its limit
and began to sink into the cracks of the floor
***
My mother's glass cup broken
the water all dried up and gone
Spilled by my hand
***
I looked up at her
and in a boy's voice spoke:
"I'm sorry."