Chips of Glass by Cameron Spencer

Chips of glass like ice
          lie along the sideboard:
slivers of an argument
          waiting to be swept away
          and forgotten until the next time.
A bruise fades
          but leaves a sore spot—
          tender to the touch where tenderness failed
Just as an open cut retreats
          under new skin
          but remains a scar:
          a reminder.

Cameron Spencer lives in Savannah, Georgia. Her work has appeared online (including Red Eft Review) and in Savannah Authors Anthology. She is a long-time member of Rosemary Daniell's Zona Rosa writers group.