365 Creative Writing Prompts: Puzzle

I love puzzles, but my hands shake as I pick up these pieces and try to fit them together. Do these edges match? I can't tell through my tears. Is this color the same as that color? Is there a piece missing? I usually enjoy those mysteries, the challenge of seeing the big picture and the little picture at the same time. But normally there is a box with the end goal plastered on the front. Normally, the pieces don't stink of death and rot. Normally, it's not a person that I'm trying to piece back together. Normally, I warn him before he does something stupid like lean over a candle or step on a landmine.