SHE
She called me “the deep one.”
She was the blonde one, the pretty one,
the petite one,
so I guess it was good that
I had “deep,”
a word purchased by my
overthinking/
overpondering/
going through the painful process of
being first frozen by the
fear I could do nothing
then moving through
thought-progressions
whereby I would
never trust myself and so
must look at
every
tiny
decision
from 57 angles
and would have gladly traded
“deep”
for
tiny
decision
from 57 angles
and would have gladly traded
“deep”
for
“pretty.”
Written for the poetry prompt to write a deep poem. Deep end of the pool. Six feet deep. Archaeology. Whatever you write, just dig deep.
This one is for my sister Patti. i miss you, sissypoo!!
2 comments:
Sounds like I could have written this poem!
Just joined your blog after "meeting" on PAD challenge
AW! Thanks for joining, Michele! i love that, how there can be such a strong recognition of the same truth among different people who've never met. :-)
And Michele with one "l" is my daughter's middle name, after a friend i went to college with. i love when i see it elsewhere!
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