Mirthy Bird - Bird of Mirth

When it happened I deserved it.  I was being careless - holding it in one hand not giving it my full attention.  I was in mid catch when something distracted me and it fell and hit the tile floor.  It didn’t shatter but just laid there, still pumping, still beating, but definitely hurt, injured, bruised.  I picked it back up and put it in my chest but I knew that something was amiss and that I had changed the course of my life.