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akchiisInspired

i gather these fragments lying on my palm, blowing a faint wish into the gaps of the shining glass, shattered but yet not broken; i raise my prayer towards the morning sun and chant a silent oath. and as the boiling furnace melts and burns the hardened shreds into crystal goblets of fortified lava, i tuck it close to my heart, reforging them into something only i can wield, something i will be able to dedicate this treasure to another vessel of my heaven, to another hell i have yet to experience before.

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The speaker picks up pieces of shattered glass and decides not to throw them away. Holding them in an open palm, they whisper a wish into the cracks and make a quiet vow to the morning sun. The glass is "shattered but yet not broken," which suggests the speaker sees something still whole inside the damage. It reads like a metaphor for healing after hurt, though the poem never says what the hurt was.

Then comes the furnace. The fragments melt and burn, and what comes out is stronger: goblets of "fortified lava." The speaker keeps this new thing close to their heart and reshapes it into something "only i can wield." The last lines look ahead, imagining the treasure given to another "vessel," and to a "hell" not yet experienced. The mood is determined and hopeful, but it carries some fear. The speaker is ready to be changed by pain again, and ready to love anyway.

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