Jun 17, 2012

Commitments

when she was ten, she had the most beautiful
collection of beads that ever existed
                shapes and colors galore
                people gave her more and more
so many in fact, they were stacked
on the special shelves above her bed and
on the sills of windows and
she was happy beyond compare
                everyday, she filled a string or two
                for a friend or not, she brought smiles
                to the faces of all from her selfless gifts
after 20 years of this
the beads dwindled down
filling a jar here and there
                as she got older, the demands
                for more and more grew and
                those people would get so upset
                when they were met with a "NO!"
you see, they all seem to forget that eventually,
the beads run out when there's nothing
                 left to give