In Front

carefully

i place one foot in front of the other

i adjust

my weight accordingly and lean

into the step

and then repeat on the opposite side

i place one foot in front of the other

i am now committed to the step

this path is set

(other aren't and never will be)

i know where i am and i don't

while this is not etched in stone

i don’t know where i am

mid-step somewhere…

my head is down

i look neither

forwards nor backwards

i don’t want to know

where i am going

and i know

where i have been

so my view at this juncture

is moot

carefully

i laid

one sad hope on top of another

it fit

so i did it again

i adjust

my weights; my hopes

both according

to need and merit,

and a modicum of fickleness

my journey

started when it began

and wont be completed

until i reach the end