Fun With Clichés
Original Poem by Justine Manzano
Somewhere over the rainbow
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel
Over on the other side,
Where the grass is always greener.
There’s hope around the corner
If you simply roll with all the punches
And every door that closes
Always opens another.
All very hopeful phrases—
--The kind you are told in the darkest times,
Times when you need uplifting,
When your faith’s been taxed long ago.
But how helpful are these words,
If you are always waiting for their truth,
Like waiting for water to boil,
Without a fire to heat it?
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