Guidance

I walked tonight
on cement sidewalks
through the trees on a cedar path
new eyesight in one eye sharp and clean
the other still fuzzing edges of the scene 

I thought to myself ~
This must be like growing up ~ rather unbalanced but not...
wandering or racing on paths that others have made
Belief in only their stories for guidance.
My youth and their age fuzzing edges of past and future.

I looked all around ~
the evening filled with children’s play
couples and families walking hand in hand
cars, vans and bicycles sharing the road.
The scene came into sharp focus as I passed.

“People take on the shapes of the songs and the stories that 

surround them, especially if they don’t have their own song.”

~ Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys