It is good to look back

Say, eleven years

To see how far you’ve come

How far still left to go

To say, “Eleven years ago…

I had too much drive”

For example

“I ran people over.”

And then to see that,

“God helped me there”

“I’m much better now”

It’s just a good way of

Checking your steady

Against His

And even though

He always wins

It’s good to go back

Those eleven years

It’s good

So good

And humbling

To measure yourself

Against tidal waves