May 13
Be That Girl
I have tried to protect the investment I made in the past by
selling the soul of my future. I arrived
self-possessed, a winning girl, but I slid the self from the scene leaving me
simply possessed. I gained everything
then lost it a piece at a time starting with the parts nearest my heart. I must draw the shards together once more and
mend this lovely crystal. The art of living is insured by my action not by
grasping at slivers in terror of what slips from my fingers. I am what I have inviolate and all else comes
to fruition when I am pleased; when I am myself.
Be aware which pens are poison
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SOOT
I diligently work to remove the soot.
The residue from the last time I tried to hot wire my brain
When I attempted the short circuit of my
safety-thinking
I caught my life on fire and flames, though brief,
were spectacular.
Electric fires are very jarring
The burning insulation toxic
It leaves bare, stuttering lines crossing and
recrossing
My stable base, the methods I once used to keep
sane, is shot
All because I wanted to go joyriding in my
thoughts
Suspended reality sounds so good but always bursts
into flame
Leaving me with soot removal as a hobby
You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way
to Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
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