My dad knew directions.
How to make his way
without a compass.
I did not.
I could get lost in my small hometown
when it rained.
A whirling dervish of directional confusion.
How I made it out of the state,
I\u2019ll never know.
Sands drift by,
unceasing,
but from which direction?
It gets in your eyes
preventing a purposeful journey.
Time presses on regardless,
affecting us all,
erasing us by degrees.
Knowing where to go
is imperative, yet
we don\u2019t really know
the destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nipping at the heels like a pup way too attentive, poetry has pursued this word student all his life. The muse has a funny way of showing up when it wants to make its presence known. He can do no other but to follow.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n