You have strength enough to proclaim your vulnerability
With a smile that says I’m strong enough
But only to a point
I can see scarred clearcuts behind your eyes
And feel the impact that toxic spills have left behind
So I understand the need for an emotional review
Before exposing your susceptibility to tenuous possibility
I am content with your consideration
Happy enough with the ambiguity of a slow process
Stripped down to essentials like truth and beauty
Rendered and distilled into an intoxication of promise
Called hope
David Trudel © 2013
