Prudence
03-21-2005, 09:50 PM
I don't normally inflict this crap on others, but everyone else is being a good citizen, so here's what my brain was riffing on today. I'd say it's a work in progress, but the truth is it will likely just go in the file and I'll never look at it again. Have I apologized enough yet? Here goes.
The Purpose-Driven Life
what if my purpose is to be nothing?
we weren’t all Cleopatra in a past life;
some of us were ordinary,
maybe even less than ordinary.
why not the same
for the present life?
maybe i’ll be the woman you pity --
alone at the bus stop,
swollen ankles and uneven hem,
afraid to sit;
you’ll see she takes the space of two.
weight shifting on too small feet,
lowered eyes begging for inattention,
limited to sideways glances;
observer, but never participant.
limp locks desperate to escape
droop.
this is the girl who
Could Have Been Somebody
but who would willingly entrust
station, reputation, litigation
to a creature
whose massive body contains the awesome power
to turn even
Haute Couture
into
Unflattering Lumps?
we all serve a higher purpose.
for some to succeed,
others must fail.
is failure my purpose?
The Purpose-Driven Life
what if my purpose is to be nothing?
we weren’t all Cleopatra in a past life;
some of us were ordinary,
maybe even less than ordinary.
why not the same
for the present life?
maybe i’ll be the woman you pity --
alone at the bus stop,
swollen ankles and uneven hem,
afraid to sit;
you’ll see she takes the space of two.
weight shifting on too small feet,
lowered eyes begging for inattention,
limited to sideways glances;
observer, but never participant.
limp locks desperate to escape
droop.
this is the girl who
Could Have Been Somebody
but who would willingly entrust
station, reputation, litigation
to a creature
whose massive body contains the awesome power
to turn even
Haute Couture
into
Unflattering Lumps?
we all serve a higher purpose.
for some to succeed,
others must fail.
is failure my purpose?