a piece of paper
can be good or bad
gold or black
right or wrong
a bank statement
showing embezzlement
or reluctant confessions
or it could be an elaborate picture
exquisitely drawn
depicting nature and beauty
sunshine and love
it can be folded
into a beautiful crane
or it can be
torn apart,
wrinkled into garbage;
it may be treasured,
held high
or thrown aside
and wasted;
even a crane can be crushed
beneath the foot
of the careless.