Equinox 2017 | Page 14

The Fragile Vase

Zoë Zmuda

I stopped,

My world stopped.

My grandpa. My best friend.

Cancer? There was no way.

We would always laugh,

We would always play,

Like the time we were playing

And broke grandmas fragile vase

On to the hardwood floor.

But it was true,

That little evil disease

Had made it’s way into my family.

I thought my papa was invincible.

But the disease,

With all its power,

Took him over

And now refuses to let go,

And one night,

When I learned the truth,

My world came falling down

And breaking like a fragile vase

Falling on the hardwood floor.

Photo by: SAMANTHA BERGSTROM