No map

No “you are here” sign

No landmarks

No familiar face at all

But

Large hopefulness

It’s my fault.  Yes.

But let me confess something

I didn’t know

I didn’t know that I was laying bricks

And building a damn

That was holding back

So

Much

Exuberance

I didn’t know

Such power

Such peace

Such promise

Was sitting

Immediately on

The other side of

Ho-hum