Glass/Shattered — Summary

We're made of glass We can shatter Don't touch us; we'll break So fragile Some already spider webbed Some already in pieces We can be put back together But we can never be fixed We'll never be the same Fragile... but strong

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Laurenfe's poem compares people to glass: delicate, easily damaged, and marked by what has happened to them. The speaker writes as "we," so the voice feels like it belongs to a whole group of people who share this feeling, not just one person. Some are only "spider webbed," cracked but still holding together, while others are already in pieces. The warning "Don't touch us; we'll break" sounds both protective and a little desperate.

The turn comes near the end. The speaker says broken things can be "put back together" but "never be fixed," which is a quiet, honest distinction. Healing doesn't erase damage, and the person who comes through it is changed for good. The short, plain lines keep the mood raw and hushed, almost like someone speaking carefully so they don't crack further. Yet the final line, "Fragile... but strong," lands with some hope. The pause in the middle suggests the speaker is still working that idea out, and the poem ends by holding both truths at once.

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