Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Good In A New Way

Errors are rubbed with an eraser,
The paper never as white.
Stains on a shirt be blotted away,
The difference is ever so slight.
Dents bumped out with a hammer,
Dimpled but totally right.
All will be good in a new way,
Looser and never as tight.

All will be good in a new way,
Just not the same as before.
The pieces will sew to another,
Not smooth as when they tore.
The cracks'll glue back together,
Not like new as out of the store.
All will be good in a new way,
Just not the same as before.

©Eusebeia Philos 2013

4 comments:

  1. I like that...All will be good in a new way, just not the same as before. That sounds like a philosophy of hope. Lovely piece!

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    1. Thanks, Susie. You have an observant eye! It is a philosophy of sorts, perhaps even an attitude during recovery. I read a blog post by Glen Scrivner in which he sketched out some thoughts about caring for his wife Emma as she recovered from anorexia. He said, "The goal is not getting back to how things were." His words struck me, and I jotted down this more light-hearted version of what was running through my mind. There's so much more to be developed from that theme.

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  2. That's wonderful! Good in a new way can be tons better.

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