There’s A Hole In My Sidewalk

There’s A Hole In My Sidewalk

By: Portia Nelson



AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS



CHAPTER ONE

I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in.

I am lost….I am helpless.

It isn’t my fault.

It takes forever to find my way out.



CHAPTER TWO

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I pretend I don’t see it.

I fall in again.

I can’t believe I am in this same place.

But, it isn’t my fault.

It still takes a long time to get out.



CHAPTER THREE

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I see it there.

I still fall in…it’s a habit…but,

My eyes are open.

I know where I am.

It is my fault.

I get out immediately.



CHAPTER FOUR

I walk down the same street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.



CHAPTER FIVE

I walk down another street.