egg shells

The egg hatched.
The shell was hard and thick,
and inside lay something new and soft.

Time passed. The shell got beaten.
It became weaker and thinner,
and the inside harder.

The shell became brittle.
Beating needed not be harsh
for the shell to crack.
The inside is hard, but not hard enough.

Soon the shell will break,
the inside will be completely hardened,
and the broken pieces won’t matter.