Why

Because it's there,

Why do we do the things we do?

or no one's ever done it,
( at least no one I know), that old
enduring drive for specialness I battle.

Because somebody said I couldn't
and it pissed me off enough that
I made sure I did, and even if I
never tell them, well. I feel that I have won.

Because it's something that  I've never tried
before, but always thought it looked like fun.
Because it stretches mental muscles
or just because it brings me joy.

Because it makes me lean on God.
and look beyond myself, beyond the
little world in which I live.

Because you asked me to.



(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014