Lost Picture Frame

My trust is a family picture frame

lofted in a tornado.

Once neatly and gracefully 

taken care of,

displayed in a warm home,

welcomed with a familiar sensation. 

Handled with clean hands 

with the right amount of protective 

layers, preventing cracks.

Now swooped by a violent wind speed, 

suffocated.

Trapped in a swirling dark column of air,

surrounded by sudden unexpected darkness.

Water droplets, dust and debris 

damaging the protective layers.

A loved frame now fractured by 

a hopeless, never ending storm. 

Now— pulverized into pieces.