It’s like crossing the
street and how you know
when you should wait at
the corner for the light to
change and when you can
cross without waiting and
when you can cross the
street anywhere you please.
It’s like riding the bus and
how you use the chain to
request a stop while using
it to pull yourself up, stepping
towards the front of the bus
just as it slows causing
you to propel yourself
through the air in flight
And how you catch the
handrails right as the bus
stops and you make a graceful
landing while in the back of
your mind you realize how
messy it will be, you will be,
if you ever screw this up.
It’s like merging in traffic and
how you know where every
car around you is and you
slide into your new spot effortlessly
leaving your old position for
someone else who quickly fills it
And how some days
you are out of sync
unable to change lanes,
unable to get in groove
with everyone else
It’s like jumping in a river
and how you go at the
speed of the current
blissfully whisked away
keeping an eye open
for rocks and rapids.