5/8/2003

Your feet
are cold
but
that will pass.
It is the sitting
quietly
in unseasonable weather
knowing
the time to act
is near
though
not yet here
and
every vital sign
indicates
you are ready
that there is
no turning back
once
you have begun
nor
any reason
to want such
a reversal of fortune
except
old habits that
go down hard
even when
their time has come
and
kicking screaming
will not change
what is
over and done.
Still
there is the waiting
and
the sitting tight
while
thoughts and feelings
parading their wares
pay a visit
welcome or not
until
the weather changes
bringing
freedom of movement
and
the warmth that
comes with it.