Sidelined

In the wistful

thinking

of my youth

it might have been

impossible

to engage such things

when walking a tight rope

it never helps to look

behind you and see

how far you’ve come

I might have feared

such things

would come to pass

angels speculating

this or that

and then

I remembered

that my glory

would never find me

when I wanted

but when it

needed

to be

then older

when it couldn’t happen

soon enough

I just did

what needed to be

done