November 9, 2021

Uncertain, Fluid, Ground

have you ever had to walk

across a trampoline

unmoved by random bounce

or across a beach

drifting under receding tide

or along a snowbank

hip-deep beneath fragile crust

have you?

do you know how it feels

to step surely into uncertain ground

your feet only think they know

the certainty of their next step

stride confidently into an unknown

that bounce, or flow, or crack

makes less firm than morning mist

do you?