Why wait.

Why wait.

What do you hope will happen.

How will you know

When it does,

Unless you name it.

Instead of wasting time

Watching the world go

Rolling by

As you keep to yourself,

Avoid close contact,

Smile politely,

When to do that seems

The wisest choice,

Giving little away,

Bemused by

The temerity of strangers

Who say

They know you,

And crying inside

At the absurdity of it all,

Stop it.

Drop the pretence,

The glib response.

It is a cheap trick

Learned over many years.

It kept you safe for a while,

But now the space between worlds

Has opened too wide.

It is no longer

A clever place

For you to hide,

And being on your own

Is a short step away

From isolation.

You need to break out

Of the cage

You make for yourself,

Throw the door wide,

Step outside.

Get carried along

By the onrushing tide.

Lift your feet up

Off the ground,

Swim with the crowd.

Fly just a little,

See how incendiary,

Bloodless,

And revolutionary

It might feel,

To synchronise

And harmonise,

With every small turn

Of the wheel.