IMAGE OF EARTH AND QUILL

Guest Poet Katy Schopfer



The Shower

Through the shower curtain, 
The world's a blur.
Foggy and warm, 
Wet and unclear.
Fear is my only barricade 
And curiosity my one true want.
Stepping out I am vulnerable
To being cold or exposed, 
Possibly of finding my true self.
Outside of the shower, 
I am cautiously uncertain.
Questioning my future
Living in a new world.
Lifting my head, the wet fog encompasses me, 
Smothering me with its warm arms
And carrying me back to where I belong.


March, 1999


Katy Schopfer 's Questions:

Does this poem give you the feeling of being in a shower and as a parallel for trying to move on in life?

Should this poem be added on to or made shorter?

What is your general opinion of this poem?


Correspond with Katy Schopfer at
schopfer@open.org
with your ideas about this poem.



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