Be shattered
Like alabaster
Be broken
Be willing
To let go
To die
If need be

Shards lie
Cold
Brittle
Jagged 
Raw

Numb this pain!
Stop this anguish!

My God! My God!
I don't understand.

Yet,
I know this

In the shattering
Is Immanuel
God with me
Holding the pieces

So
Be shattered
Be broken
Be willing
To let go
To die
If need be

For only shattered alabaster
diffuses fragrance

- R. D. P.

* Inspired by Isaiah 8:9 & 10

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