STEPPING OUT
This cat will not step out
on the ice. Paws,
on the urge of touch,
remember it wet,
uncertain, unpleasant.
Still he does not move
backward. Does not
move forward. Assurance
separates persistence
from the firmament.
This cat will not step out
on the ice. Paws,
on the urge of touch,
remember it wet,
uncertain, unpleasant.
Still he does not move
backward. Does not
move forward. Assurance
separates persistence
from the firmament.