I wear this blue collar
badge of honour or crown of thorns
aching muscles remind
of who I am
what I’ve become
and what I might have been
had I not done…
Of what use is toil of heart?
Over hindsight ever so clear
As days greet us
do we not all judge what is best?
Though I mull
and reconcile
My blue collar crown of thorns
humiliates
emboldens
separates.
– Paul Jensen, 8 April 2008
