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SPUN OUT

I remember well a time,
and not so very long ago,
when the world I knew
seemed so nicely wrapped
in cute little boxes
and bright-colored bows.
I remember that time
when everything seemed
to make so much sense to me
and anything out of the ordinary
simply left me scratching my head
and rolling my eyes as I wondered
just exactly what it was supposed to be

But as I look at those little boxes now
and how they used to be,
up on the shelf and tidy,
so neatly wrapped and bowed,
I’ve come to realize
that life’s simply not like that,
for the boxes have been opened up,
distinctions not so clearly defined,
ideas and views that I didn’t see before
have finally come tumbling out.

And now when I take a closer look
at the things I used to see,
the things that left scratching my head
and rolling my eyes and wondering,
I see them in a new and different way,
not confined to boxes
wrapped up in cute little bows.

And finally the world is clearer to me
as I’ve spun out of those boxes
that so very much confined me
within the walls that closed
my mind and my heart,
as I’ve spun out
and have been set free.

(c) barbara kausteklis 6-12-11

Written for CPC “A Simple Sunday”
Featuring Robyn’s “Confused.”

http://www.friendburst.com/blog/43136/simple-sunday-featuring-art-esme/

Thanks always for your visits and comments
and hoping this day has been a peaceful one for you.

~barb~