Motivational Image

A cartoon image rendering
a small stick figure straining
forward, attempting resurrection
reaching for the end post
bound by a rubber band, labeled
Destructive Self Views
I see us, our disease, gradual
convalescence, the disguise 
we so often wear in public
We have accepted our fate
and so are resigned to the bird
pecking at our Promethean side
We are the tiny scrambling toon
waving thin-line arms
not looking viewers in the eye.

JD DeHart

DeHart is a writer and teacher from Tennessee. 
His blog is spinrockreader.blogspot.com