Credit Balance

Originally written on July 27,2012. 

I heard the door close 
It wasn't open 

In fact it was locked

I went to it

It was still locked

From the inside

Like I left it

I shook my head

Just my imagination

I walked into the kitchen

On the counter

There it was

An envelope

Just my name

Plain and white

Went back to the door

It is still locked

Was still locked

I walked around the house 

It is just me here 

How did this get here 

A plain white envelope

I turned it over a few times 

It wasn't sealed 

Lifted the flap 

Carefully removed a folded page 

Unfolding it 

I saw faint type 

Small lettering

Formal

"Statement of Account"

On the top

Then my name

I set it down

What joke is this 

I looked around again

And again and again 

Yet here it is 

A bill 

No company name 

I looked at the envelope again 

Nothing 

Back to the page 

I unfolded it further 

Looking for something 

Anything that makes sense 

The print was so small 

Could barely read it 

Then to the bottom 

It said, "PAID IN FULL" 

With a credit balance 

This makes no sense 

Credit of what 

For what

I don't get it

I turned the page over

Over and over and over

Then I saw it

Appearing in the bottom right corner

Small but legible

Hand written

"Don't worry ...

Your credit is good with me.

You'll never overdraw your account. 

So stop worrying.
God"