self- preservation — (a short poem)

M. Elmwood
Dec 29, 2020

she’s ready for change, not reinvention

photo credit: Micheile Henderson from Unsplash

she’s not broken, just lost

her foundation is solid

the house just needs remodeling

and the roof just needs a new lining

the house is old, but she likes it that way

she just wants it to look like how it feels

-m. elmwood

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