Life in a Paper Bag

<p>Are you somebody?</p><p>I was asked again and again</p><p>in the glamorous city of angels</p><p>Los Angeles.</p><p><br></p><p>Was I unseen as I was</p><p>and seen</p><p>only for who I might be?</p><p><br></p><p>Life had been filled</p><p>with challenges</p><p>and change</p><p>dangerous glorious absurd and terrifying.</p><p><br></p><p>Trained to conform</p><p>I navigated</p><p>with well-practiced denial</p><p>and a good dose of Aussie humor.</p><p><br></p><p>A photograph</p><p>of my nose</p><p>was taken beside Charlton Heston.</p><p><br></p><p>Constantly surprised by life</p><p>I was humbled</p><p>by the courage of others.</p><p><br></p><p>I learned</p><p>that it is possible to love a fish.</p><p><br></p><p>Following a near death experience</p><p>hundreds of cards</p><p>admonished me</p><p>that it was 'Time for me to look after myself</p><p><br></p><p>I thought I was.</p>