Out of the Box Coaching and
  WORKING WITH THE ENNEAGRAM, Mary R. Bast, Ph.D.

 


                                                             


Four: You're Not Alone

you're not alone
in this morass
you're stuck
knowing I wear the same gait

my left foot
sometimes
leads

marks of time
Christmas
finds me crying
grieving an 'us'
grieving a self I loved

this soul-takes-on-human form
this gossamer life
this arachnid's breath
of a veil
so gone in its warp
that I've so
cursed and loved

when did I agree to this?

in my loneliness I learn to be
the best of companions

Mary Bast -- a "found" poem from Jayne Arata, Copyright 2000


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