More (by Patricia Fiske)

Return to "The Stick Trick" Index Page

This poem is copyright

In a box
I AM MORE,

Too much more
To be contained
In a box.

Why can’t he see
That I AM MORE?
My spirit needs to soar.
I AM MORE.

He only wants the part
In the box.
(the part that serves
- that soothes his nerves).

But I AM MORE.
I AM MORE.
I AM MORE.

When he took me for his bride
I tried to hide my needs inside
For his pride.

My mistake.
We took a break,
But for whose sake?

Now that I’m free,
I can see
That it was not just me
In a box.

HE IS MORE.
Too much more
To be contained
In a box.

Why can’t he see that
HE IS MORE?
His spirit needs to soar.
HE IS MORE.


He feels secure
Only in the box.
(the place that serves
- that soothes his nerves)

But HE IS MORE.
HE IS MORE.
HE IS MORE.

   ---(Patricia Fiske)---

Reprinted from her chapbook "Late Bloomer"