Day 5: Confetti

i can tell you what happens when a foundation cracks

there is a stutter

every pillar shakes with the weight it must recover

for a moment

you may marvel at the strength of the rest of the body

the family 

for holding the assembly together

allowing the structure to stand

for a moment

but nothing will halt the crumble

the clatter

the crushing realization

that the holding together is over

and when it finally falls

when you finally let go

there will be a crash

a shouting of sorts

the final dust of what once was will fall over you like confetti 

and then there is only silence

a stillness completely foreign

it is a quiet that only the shattered can hold

it is a weight you can only feel once it has been lifted

and then you are alone

and there is no longer a panic of falling or breaking

no

only the fear that you will never hold anything together

ever

again