Broken

a wry smile,

semi-penetrates,

into the walls,

strikes the mirror,

echoes,

calls.

he stands,

walks to it,

then stares,

it glistens,

smiles,

finally dares.

to laugh,

satirically,

and show,

his reality,

his self,

his woe.

he shivers,

stumbles,

drops,

in fragments,

on ground,

it crops.

reflections,

a million,

fears,

faces,

all around,

in tears.

he sits,

counting 'em,

all day,

starting from zinch,

losing count,

in dismay.

then,

with,

the dawn,

realizes,
the day,

all gone.

lost,

he wipes,

his tears,

when laughs,

sadistic laughters,

he hears.

countless titters,

full of life,

or short of it,

down there,

lay hopelessly,

broken.