Xs, Os and Ws

All the steps I’ve taken

between there and here

can be seen in the where,

detailed in the when and,

etched in the memory of the who.

Forged on my mind in an endless

game of tic-tac-toe.

Have you done this?

I think you should try that.

Just give him a chance.

Kiss your future goodbye.

Let the path lead you if you choose the right one.

Maybe it’s too late. Maybe it was never meant to be.

Never say never.

Obstacles revisited are not obstacles, just

pylons tossed

quizzically onto the

roadway of the hows and whys that

shape the journey long

travelled. And on those travels,

unless modesty be my tormentor, and

vanity my champion,

who cares if I never worried about the

Xs, so long as I crossed off the Os.

Yesterday is done and I have

zero time left for regret.