Since you asked,
to be honest today
I’m a bit
shattered,
cracked like
a cell phone’s screen
with a screen protector
slapped in place over it to hold it
together — and
isn’t that a modern
thing, that it’s perfectly fine to be
visibly broken as long as
you function
more less as expected —
so to answer the question
I’m perfectly fine, couldn’t be better
except for obvious
damage — so imperfectly fine
it is instead; don’t press me
too hard on this,
and don’t attempt to drag
more from me than I
am willing to offer
at the risk of drawing blood —
there have been so many
crashes, so many face-down drops
into the concrete, maybe
I’m a bit harder to read than you’d like
but even with all that
I’m still trying to be of use
to someone — maybe there’s someone
who finds my web of hurt
endearing, a deep story
of fault lines and impact wounds
worth clinging to,
at least until
something cleaner comes along —
at least until the next
shattering fall
rends me and I fail
utterly in spite how many
desperate attempts are made
to keep me going.
And you?
August 22nd, 2017 at 9:31 am
Santé (to your health). Your voice is a vital force speaking for those who cannot. I am fortunate enough to be far from The Madding Crowd…
August 22nd, 2017 at 11:30 am
Thanks. I’m well enough…using the cell phone metaphor is what drove the writing of that one…
August 22nd, 2017 at 11:33 am
I can appreciate that. Take care and keep on keeping it real!