An Unveiling

I wish I knew what I didn’t know

up ahead, curving

around the bend,

straining into the wind,

the pavement breaks

abruptly, the hillside

dropping down

down to a ravine.

No guard rails and

little margin for error

into fear, suspense.

We can be anxious for good and bad,

everything is unnerving

waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Cloud shadows sweep over the sand;

the tide is going out,

yet there is no end to the rushing

of waves, washing over the rocks.

When the fog lifts I see the coast and the lighthouse

drumming out a signal

“Take Care.”

In the distance is the light.

Memoirous