13 Ways of Looking at a Piece of Paper

1. A flat white rectangle 
Sitting on the floor 
Thin as paper 
Because it is 

2. Infinite possibility
A canvas waiting to be transformed
By just the right person

3.Trash
Littering up a nice house
Screaming to be picked up

4. A paper crane 
Waiting to happen

5. An obstacle
To leap over
As I race to the kitchen

6. A tiny drawing in the corner
An almost microscopic heart
Who drew it?

7. What used to be a tree
Is now a useless scrap
That never should have been

8. Slippery 
Don’t step on it
You could fall

9. Who left it there?
Do they miss it?
Or did they never notice it fall?

10.A vehicle to contain 
The stories in my mind
When paired with a pencil

11. Soft as a butterfly’s wings 
Crinkles nicely
Smells like a library

12. Thin
Fragile
It will be torn before long 

13. A piece of paper on the floor