there is a crack on the hard wood floor
near the corner where the curio cabinet holds pictures/
of my family/ precious little things/
nic-nacs i've collected over the years
a life now dulled from dust and neglect

i've been busy
making a world for my life
busy/ tearing down the old and making way for the new/
creating a place for me
renovating/ remodeling my world
my life

all was going as planned/ until the day
i saw a crack on the hard wood floor
near the corner where the curio cabinet stands
and i saw what i had been destroying

so what now?
my world is nearly complete
should i rip this crack and everything with it
or open the curio and dust off the memories
to keep my world
undone