Cleft

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. - Thoreau

up

down

sideways and around

crooked smile to straight frown

a real snake charmer

with chinks in his genetic armor

walking down the crowded sidewalk of life

stepping over each and every crack

he never knew who he was 'til he landed on one

breaking his mama's back

Author's Note

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” “However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise." - Thoreau

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the Clefts in life...uneven faces, uneven traces of an uneven life.
Marred and scarred but worth living to him...
not so much to the people he hurt.
j.

[Pete]

we play the cards we're dealt and do the best we can not always measuring up to people's expectations. it isn't all smooth and even as much as we hope ... :)

[barleygirl]

I wonder if "mana" could be "mama"? That's how I read it. Stepping over the cracks of my fractured childhood family & breaking my mama's heart when I no longer wanted to be part of that broken mess (((HUGS)))

[Pete]

wow. published this my mistake. wasn't even finished. right you are though ... :)