The Things I Remembered at 2 am Waiting for the Test Results

 

Photo by Jonah Reenders

The best thing I know in favor of TIGHT SHOES is that it makes a fellow forget all of his other troubles. ~Josh Billings

 

I used to search for worms in the blades of grass by the porch.

I found them fascinating like a scientist studies disease and the cells of change.

All the hidden things we do not understand; they escape us somehow.

Too small for human eyes to truly see or hands and minds to grasp.

I asked questions as children always do;

Why is the sky blue?

Where are my go-go boots?

Why was daddy drunk last night?

When is mommy coming home from the hospital?

Some answers never came, and others I wished didn’t,

but it never stopped me from questioning the world.

I just moved on to bigger questions and bigger problems,

like a graduate of hard knocks climbing to even higher spots trying not to fall.

We learn to tie our shoes, before we learn to hike, but sometimes we slip into the water before we can swim.

I have learned that sometimes knowing is painful, but uncertainty hurts more.

Like stepping out into the brush barefoot.  It is better to know where not to step,

and what direction you truly need to go.

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