Texture Tuesday ... from the bluff

     Where To

     Ignore the weathered pathway,

     the chiseled directions

     the far-off, fragrant promise.

     Ignore the wind

     your impeccable standards for safety.

     Ignore speed.

     Ignore

     the expectation of a handrail.

     Ignore the outlook,

     the voluptuous fantasy,

     the glossy, glimmered possibilities.

     Ignore your shoes

     the rip in your striped socks

     the small fissures of doubt or disappointment.

     This is where you are.

     This is the only place you can possibly be.

     Even if

     no one else is visible for miles

     and you want, more than anything,

     to stop the pending disaster of your legs,

     to surrender that piece of yourself that still hopes.

     Do not swivel from your purpose.

     Do not dash yourself against the sand, striking innocent driftwood.

     Do not turn around, back to the parking lot

     where your old car idles, leaking its silly, extravagant oil.

     Even when the sidewalk ends,

     there is a sea somewhere just beyond,

     waiting for you.

     ~ poem by Maya Stein

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Linking up with Kim Klassen's 'Texture Tuesday' ... free & easy edition

Techie mumbo-jumbo:  image shot with DSLR, vintage look created

with Snapseed for Desktop;

added Kim's texture, framed.