On Glass!
I think we’re underestimating Glass!
We don’t often pay much attention to it
We take it for granted
Although most of the glass is:
Transparent
Sincere
Delightful
Strong — despite its fragility
Durable — despite being formed of sand grains
Although it:
Contains our things
Gives it shape
Gives it frame
Wraps it
Protects it
It adds to it from its subtlety
and its beauty
and elegance
and its sparkle
It is the secret of the light that it absorbs
and reflects it
and breaks it
From the secret of the colors of the rainbow
Which merge
within the cup
within the pot
within the mug
within the bottle
And within many other things
It gives us the transparent effect, which we hardly notice
Because we take it for granted
Because we forget it
And pay more attention to what’s behind it
We need it when we want to know more about things
About its true color
About its true meaning
About its real essence
About its purity
About anything that might be wrong with it
About the heat of things
or coldness
About the meaning of things when they mix together
It is true that some glass is:
Colored
It is true that some glass is:
Insulating
It is true that some glass is:
Fragile, more than others
But we know the truth about glass
We don’t expect more from it than it has to offer
Cause what does it offer..
Is Enough for us
More than enough.
