by small increments

we advance--

we test with toes

the raging waters

of our own indecision

and sometimes find

solid stones to stand firm on--

incremental fact

of rocks and water and the weight

of our load and the balance

of our nerves--

ah we made it! we made it!

and now must guard against

the quicksand on the other shore...

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