Pieces of Light

She is one of those beautiful criers
Her eyes get all bright
Her white teeth sinking into her lips
Yet she doesn't make a sound

And the tears run down
Onto her face
Where they slip into
The corners of her mouth

That dark cave
She opens up in anguish
Trying to say something
Before she slips away

Suddenly you want to make her cry
To break her pretty heart
Into tiny little pieces
Of shimmering light

Punch holes in her
Until you can see right through
Into the great expanse of earth
Behind her.