#Heart (Hashtag #6)

by Cambria Hebert

I’d never really thought much about what a piece of glass felt like when it shattered. But now I understood. Glass was deceiving in some ways. It looked thick and strong. Even though it was clear, you always knew it was there—sometimes a barrier to all sorts of things. Like rain. Snow. Wind. Pain. But glass wasn’t always as strong as it looked. All it took was one well-placed hit to crack it. Once the slightest pressure was applied to the break, it splintered and spread, snaking across the surface and threating to break itself in two. And sometimes, a piece of glass didn’t just break. It shattered into a million jagged pieces.