Poem by Portia Nelson
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
by Portia Nelson
1.
I walk down the street.
There’s a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost…..I am helpless;
it isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
2.
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t [...]






