A Jar of Glass

If I could, I would live

My life in a jar of glass

Kept far away from

All atrocities

And sadness that infuses

Every day existence.

If I could, I would live

My life in a jar of glass

Save none but loving

Animals to comfort me

And fill the loneliness

Of my subsistence.

If I could, I would live

My life in a jar of glass

Surrounded by the beauty

Of art and music

To fill the void

Of silent days.

If I could, I would live

My life in a jar of glass

Filled with flowers

And those whom I hold dear

Keeping us far from wayward

Thoughts and ways.

If I could, I would live

My life in a jar of glass.

But since life forbids

Such hiding,

I will instead live my life

Full of all that's given.

And in my every day

Existence, I will treat

All things as if they are

As fragile as the glass

Of that imaginary jar

Toward which I am so driven.