Thursday, July 14, 2011

Square


With my purple chalk
I draw a square around myself
big enough for me to stand or
sit in, and defy the world to
step over my boundaries,
physical or mental.
I must be who I am, I must.
I can't allow you to try to squeeze
into my square or pull me out
without my permission, though
I have permitted that in the past.
Yes, you must be true to yourself
but you only recently told me who
you were. I have always been honest
with you, though you chose not to
hear or thought you could change me.
You can't. And I don't perceive that
you are completely honest yet.


(Posted for Theme Thursday, "Square", 7/14/11)

4 comments:

  1. Can relate to this. Superb versifying, esp. the lines: ". . . I don't perceive that you are completely honest yet."

    That applies to so many people around me right now.

    One suggestion: lose the last two lines - it's superfluous, too telling/overkill - let the reader realize this in a sublime manner, and it feels. . . well, more deliciously realized and resounding. =)

    What does it taste like? It's different for each person, ennit? ;P

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  2. Thinking oneself out of ones own square is often therapetic.

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  3. Nicely done. I'm amazed at the amount of good poetry written in blogs nowadays. So many people with quiet talent.

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