tasked

your task eludes your grasp
and your return is uncalled for
your failures nip your heels
climb on your back, you think
no one can see them riding
but somehow they do.

easy as the imagination finds
you lose
and the grasp cannot connect
with the tempest in your shoes

this least of all is true
that the renewal is uncalled for
no, the grasp is meant to be
the first reason you try
to complete the evidence of the street

1998