Thursday, January 31, 2008

Stubborn

[Totally Optional Prompts this week asks us "Why You're Alive" and this, I suppose, is part of the answer.]


Stubborn

Stubborn as an untreated red wine stain
on a white cotton shirt,
baked in over time,
fated to stand out
no matter the occasional desire to blend in,
changing the very purpose of the shirt
from a proper buttoned-up affair
to a casual, ok-to-get-messy-in favorite,
a presence that transforms,
altering perceptions that echo,
rippling out into the world.



10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh, this is just perfect.

Anonymous said...

Grip and hold, stubborn is the poem. Wonderfully crafted.

Andy Sewina said...

Stubborn, that's a good answer to the question posed. And poetically put to boot!

sister AE said...

Thanks, Marcia. I'm glad you think so.

Hello, UL, and thanks.

Hi, STG - I get my stubborn from both sides of the family - a double-dipping as it were, so this answer was inevitable.

Linda Jacobs said...

What an effective simile! Your last two lines are gorgeous!

sister AE said...

Thanks, Linda.

Tumblewords: said...

Perfect. Altering perceptions that echo - love that phrase and the provocative challenge.

sister AE said...

Hello, tumblewords, and thanks.

GoGo said...

I feel exactly like that stain sometimes.

:)

~gg

sister AE said...

Thanks, GoGo.