When to Keep it Inside

When to Keep it Inside

            1.   She was an admired officer of her company. It came to

                  her one day that her young administrative assistant lived

                  a happier life than she.

            2.   She sat back splayed in her chair, dazed. How had she

                  missed this and why was it so?

            3.   She didn’t begrudge her assistant; heavens no, she

                  admired her, grateful she’d shone a light, not even

                  knowing it.

            4.   Nor did she need to quit her job to find herself. She

                  had laid bare the façade right where she was.

            5.   No need to make a big deal of it publicly either. Own it

                  inside. Talk just dissipates.

            6.   She sheds something false.

            7.   She reclaims something true.

Silence

The workshop had heft.

I didn’t know

the leader

nor acquainted

with other attendees.

There was the training

and obligatory

small group breakouts,

then it happened—

the peeling—

no, not exhilaration,

the laying bare.

I shed no tears,

swallowed, my

private moment.

Knew.

© 2012 Allan Cox, Allan Cox & Associates Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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