Never Too Late
Do not mock
the traveler who starts out late
on her journey. She carries
the burden of decades
and the weight of missed opportunities.
Her first step
is as significant as yours was,
but it costs her more courage
to challenge her beliefs
about who she is: it calls
her entire life into question,
and she wonders
whether it is already too late.
But do not pity her, either.
Cheer her on in her quest.
Tell her that growing
is brave and beautiful,
and that it is never
too late.
From my new collection "The Eden of Perhaps" (Spartan Press 2020)
First published in Gyroscope Review, Fall 2019
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