See the Light

See the Light

Black

She paints

a black greasy line

down the center

of her forehead

to the tip of her nose,

signifying her difficulty.

Then she lifts her skirt,

takes his blade

and deftly plunges it

into her thigh

at the critical point,

lays down on the concrete

and bleeds to death,

believing to the end,

life should be simpler.

To Ponder

            1.   I ruminate about suicide, that ultimate closing.

            2.   I’ve known directly only one person who took his life. He

                  was CEO of a company you’ve probably heard of.

            3.   I admit I’m way out of my league here, but it seems from

                  what I’ve observed that an unmet expectation wide-of-

                  the-mark is central.

            4.   Sylvia Plath, the famed young poet who took her life at

                  30, is one who put such an expectation into print with

                  “Daddy.”

            5.   To come at life well, we have to be ready to die

                  figuratively to many ideas, not literally for one idea, and

                  live vigorously for a few.

            6.   I’m not referring to instances of supreme courage where,

                  for example, one might die for a cause or some kind of

                  rescue of another.

            7.   See that it’s not the time, or we’ve got it all wrong, or

                  simply life’s unfair, or something else, and we know we

                  have to let it go.

© 2013 Allan Cox, Allan Cox & Associates Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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