Helen Cottee
Am I enough?
A poem for those of us who are ordinary.
Am I enough?
Just plain me and my ordinary life?
I feel like we live in a world
Of ‘supers’ where
The only beauty
Is supermodel beauty
The only strength
Is super strength;
Only the super-rich
Have riches worth mentioning
And only the super successful
Are considered a success.
Meanwhile,
I sit here
With a life littered
With plainness.
I am not super
I am ordinary.
But somehow my ordinary life
With its simple beauty
And everyday richness
And small acts of courage and strength
Like doing another day
And choosing to forgive
And being willing to go toe to toe
With a shadow that daily
Reminds me that I am not super -
Seems enough somehow.
Enough for who, I suppose?
Well, I think I see
and am starting to know
That this simple, plain
And ordinary life
Is wonderful enough for me.
