single digits

single digits(ˈdijit)

the next steps

By Henry H. Walker

when my future lived,
according to probability, in decades,
I tended to assume continuity(ˌkäntnˈ(y)o͞oətē),
that each year was less a step somewhere,
than a continuation(kənˌtinyo͞oˈāSH(ə)n):
what was =(equals) what is = what will be,

now my future, at least my functional future,
in probability, lives in single digits,
and I fear each step,
for a fall is inherent(inˈhi(ə)rənt) in the possibility in a step,

like a climb(klīm) up a mountain,
I seek to concentrate(ˈkänsənˌtrāt) on the next step,
to give myself fully to the short term,
and, if another short term follows the next short term,
my indefinite(inˈdefənit) future will reveal(riˈvēl) itself
as the way opens.

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