All the Answers

Unpicking the problems Leaves me tangled in the debris You can't knit it back up Shifting and sifting my memories Leaves them shuffled and out of context Then viewed more harshly How do I climb up, out and free? When all my efforts bind me My baggage secured and dragging me down Can't I paint my own background? Adjust the frame? Edit out anything unnecessary and just forget? Sometimes I am unfettered Can see the path and take it But I always follow the breadcrumbs back to anguish Silly me, is this a habit? Finding ways to chip away at myself? When I have all the answers