The raindrops are too numerous to count. <br />Landscapes display their sorrow on the glass. <br />Fragility is lucid, shattering. <br />Small worlds are falling, who can put them back? <br /> <br />We try to hold together what is lost, <br />But song cannot be mended with a touch. <br />Silence is broken and no human hands <br />Have skill enough to make the difference. <br /> <br />Previously published, The World Poet's Quarterly, China<br /><br />Sandra Fowler<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/silence-is-broken/
