pen, watercolor, and acrylic, 5 x 14 with 10 x 20 inch border, 2007.
Picture this:
Take the pages from your journal
(words and sketches, so flaw-and-fear-laced)
and analyze the lines: cut the words, letters, shapes up in your head
to attempt a better understanding.
This time, let your hard stare soften
into something less critical, more forgiving.
Look at the way
tightly-wound doubts and fiercely-fighting vice
unraveled over time.
Let it fall into place, in the past.