The Steps Ahead

. . . and with a haughty drink 
of Virgil’s water 
from the River Lethe
I venture forth knowing nothing
bring on the steps ahead 
and what awaits . . .

but the waters have a taste
and some things feel familiar
a few of the steps ahead
look like my footprints

turning to a river 
I feel I once chanced upon
and sensing
I am but circles within circles
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