The Envelope of My Existence
Tracing the envelope of my existence
i take a walk around the seams
checking for chinks in my fine armor
checking for holes along the way
trembling at the prospects of repair
feeling my own deep dispair
knowing that what it may seem
the way is always a little more
feeling now the far distant resistence
that dwells deep withing my heart
i find change is painfull and discourageing
but, i know it is my integral part
of growing and learning and stretching
please forgive me, the envelope,
trembling i take a peek inside
dividing the good from the bad
categorizing and depleteing the mess
organinzing and replete with the goodness
i lick the sticky stuff to seal it all inside
remembering that with a little steam
i can open the seam
and check it all out again and again
til i have the envelope of my existence
filled to the bream of my best sentence.
Copyright © Paulette Mckendrick-Tunnell | Year Posted 2006
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