I wouldn’t have got far,

nowhere at all really,

if you had not come into my life

and shown me a new road in which

to travel, a crossing in which to pause

at and wait for the signal to move back,

and also to understand sometimes

that you have to step back

in which to gain momentum.

I would not have got anywhere

if you had not shown me how to break

using my feet and worn down sole,

I would have still been