J is for Jigsaw

For this year’s A to Z Challenge, I’m writing drabbles based on words I got from a random word generator.  A drabble is a short piece of fiction of exactly 100 words.

Enjoy!

Jigsaw

The tears come in a flood, one after the other tracing out a path down my reddened cheeks.  I stare forlornly down at the broken vase, the shards scattered across the hardwood floor like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

I’m ashamed.  I shouldn’t be crying over a broken $5 vase from the bargain store down the street.  But I’m not actually crying over that, am I?  That was just the final straw.  I lost my job.  I have no money.  My fiancé broke things off last week.  I’m lost.

The vase is mocking me.  Its shattered state reflects my life.