If I hadn't asked

I move more slowly these days.  Sometimes this is a bother. Sometimes I think I have it figured out, except I know, really, I have it figured out... for now. Like what my son might like for Christmas. I have a wonderful idea, so I run it by him. I never would have known if I hadn't asked.

I finally figure

The pace I need to go

In order to do

The important things.

I think I finally figure

The important things

Except I know

These will change

Tomorrow.

There is no finality

In this sphere,

Only what I may do

Today

One thing at a time.

I think to ask my son

What I believe he may want

For Christmas.

While that would be nice

He says

I’d rather have

A particular

Something else.

I never would have known

If I hadn’t asked.

Something else it is.

I never would have known

That particular

Something else

If I hadn’t asked.