whether blue
or gray,
all you really have
to do is
continue:
to rise, stretch,
and ponder—to labor
and meander.
Doesn't matter
what you're doing—
old or new,
bright or boring—
doesn't matter where
you're going; there's only
one way,
and you cannot help
but get there.
For life advances
(with or without
your best
efforts
or consent)
just by sheer dint of
some numbers
ticking over;
and the best way
to get ahead
of where you now stand
is to point
in that direction
and take
another step.
