less than sublime
but isn’t life most often?
I desire more
and like I often feel at the grocery
reaching, actually climbing, foot on bottom shelf
trying to grab an item on top
just beyond reach, due to my petite stature
     often times someone asks to help
          other times I manage alone
the question, which begs an answer
why is what I want on the top shelf?
or perhaps better put, in a more imaginative wording
why are my wants out of reach?
     is the answer in the striving
or the clerk who assists before I topple three glass bottles to the ground
     meaning I need to learn to ask for help
a combination, maybe
I strive to see the positive
yet often settle, taking nothing or the less desirable yet obtainable
leaving whatever I reached for
on the top shelf