never innocent

obscure distant mind attempting
to ground in something faithful

something, anything, nothing soundly
placed, properly in an essence of time
not because of time, placed illegibly

all consequence removed, in the fitting
in the footstep, on pathways on pavement
of footing in mind, and out of mind

in heart, in breath, in anything hopeful
of an attempt to be true to myself,
to be true, to any other outside, and within
that attempt

that adherent nature that compels one
to change not in spite but in awe of

the acceptance of all things,
complicated and simple.

being as they are
as we all are
as i am
i am
am
i
?