Careless Moment Poem by Mary Wismer

Careless Moment

I am tired, and maybe just old,
Had nowhere to go to and none to hold,
For one careless moment, I loose my grip,
I made a wrong step and time started to slip,
One careless moment, and just once - that was all,
Time slipped away, and spring turned to fall.

I tried to stayed focused and never looked down,
I could not stop thinking that I should have known,
That things far below me would dropp out of sight,
And I could not tell what was wrong and what’s right,
One careless moment, I lost that moment
Time slipped and left without direction.

21. January 2008