Stepping Stones

"Mind the gap !"

The notice said.

I promise you I did.

It did not

Stop me slipping

Between the stones

The creeping trickle

As the dark water

Slid into my shoe

And so I was appraised

Of the length

Of my journey:

Having cold feet.

Having cold feet

The worst way

To climb the path

Every step

A cause for reticence

Resentment, reluctance

And rue (French )

Reviewing the situation

We are here now

Me and my two feet,

Realising as always

Only one foot wet

Usually right with me

The one left trailing

I am having difficulty

Pinning these words,

(They say nailing these days)

To the page.

I mean the right left trailing

Right in the water

Right wet.

And still a good few

Miles to go

Or should it mean

A good many.

The moral

However waterproof on this journey

You will still get wet

So get used to it.

Don't be wet,

That is the difference.

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Jeff.

 Dec 23 18:13

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