Elephants, Bulls & Ostriches

The Elephant in the room who thinks he’s a bull in a china shop

I’d rather shake hands with the elephant in the room

or paws or trunks or whatever.

Easier to not bat an eye lid

Pretend he’s not there -

Performing his two legged tricks

Standing on tables

Twirling full circle.

But sometimes if you don’t give him the nod-wink

He’ll charge, and trunk through that carefully sorted, 

stacked and shelved life of yours

Bringing it all down about your proverbial ears-

Thinking he’s a bull in a china shop.

So even if you don’t have any china

and you prefer to be an ostrich

with your head in the sand

Call a spade a spade, I say

And name your elephant

That’ll shift him in no time.

Copyright with Cathy Leonard 2016