That which is next for you
lurks around the corner,
ready to pounce.
You can hide, resist, fight–
but it sill comes:
illness, unemployment, conflict, loneliness.

Or you could say,
"That which is next–
I'm ready to greet you.
We will be companions.
I may not best you,
but I will make the best of you." 

The only certainty
is that which is next.

Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.