A person’s life cannot be simply viewed
and won’t reduce itself to pigeonholes,
but watching all her shifts in attitude
invites a witness to assign her roles.
So first we see her focus on her ends,
evaluating selfishly in fact,
and when that fails, the lead is passed to friends;
she won’t initiate but she’ll react.

And having bounced between the two extremes,
a bullet self-propelled among the rocks,
we start to comprehend recurring themes –
unnecessary anger, and a box
of self-description that restricts her sight
and slows her soul from walking in the light.