Thursday, January 29, 2015

Anticipation of the Unknown

I delivered sons to a friend’s house today,
And happened to get stuck behind a grader.
I was surprised by how irate I felt,
Until I glanced at the speedometer,
And it didn’t register a number,
Hovering around zero.

I was prepared to turn around at the next drive,
And admit defeat amid a rising sense of panic,
When the grader pulled over and let us squeeze by.

Gracious … but I thought about and dreaded
The return trip.

Which ended up being a non-issue.

So much emotional upheaval over a three minute delay.

Anticipation of the unknown often is worse than
What we deal with.

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