goodbye favorite water jar

goodbye dear friend.

you and your oranges, white flowers and bright green leaves were my favorite container.

you were my go to girl.

but i realize now you had a crack, a flaw.

we none of us are perfect but your imperfection had left you vulnerable to shattering,

and shatter you did.

i was shocked, i was disheartened.  i never expected you to go.

so many others i have banged and knocked about and have disappeared but you had lasted through it all.

as i stood there in sadness i could not see how this time it was my fault.  for once i was the careful one.

and now you are in a recycling bin.

such a dirty place for a pretty jar.

i cannot save you.

i don't even know how to use you as something else.

i must say goodbye.  when the recycle truck comes for you i will be at the thrift shop.