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Fragility

easily broken
as a white porcelain cup
so thin light comes through;

easily damaged or destroyed
as pages of a rare or very old book;

delicate, light as a newborn's
fingernails, frail skin,
lined and veined, the bones
of an old woman's hand

She had a fragile beauty.

This fragile body/ I risk to carry/
I think of as strong/is fragile./
To be human/is to fall down
occasionally/to break down finally.