I had the thought going up the stairs
That life had caught me unawares.
I'd been offered the job
And taken the call
While lying on the beach.

I didn't think about going home
And putting on my office plume
I'd just headed in.

And only as I reached the stairs
Did I think of my unkempt garb,
A turquoise bikini top
And maroon cutoffs.

Many thoughts just then.
All the things that small hearted "friends"
And family had said over the years
Slumped me.

But in one second I threw that off
And squared my shoulders,
Lifted my chin,
And quoted a song,
"I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in."

I ascended into my destiny,
Happy and free
And just exactly me,
And no one else could have done
Exactly that.

-jenn