Gearing Up

I feel ready now, to start anew

To commemorate a new life, to fix in all the screws

To explore the possibilities, under and above

To experience every blow of hail drops and drought

To push my own boundaries, to weed out my faults

To invert the existent, to see how it comes across

I feel prepared to pursue my missions;

Quote their legitimacy with fervent conviction

To go down the road I’ve chosen

Pave a pathway through the wet or frozen

Marry the miles with irrevocable commitment,

Not look back at mundane fulminations

I’ve cleared the table for successive courses

Buckled up to face the consequences

Prepared to grind myself to little pieces

And frankly excited about the odyssey

I feel ready now, to start anew

To commemorate a new life, to fix in all the screws