Plans

Even the best plans change
No need to plan ten steps ahead
two steps will do
So they said

When those perfect plans vanish
and I am left grasping at the empty air
searching fruitlessly for signs and direction
I remember

that plans don’t need to be chiseled into stone
for all the world to see
and appreciate the audacity of

They are best written delicately in pencil
with the eraser close at hand
ready for the change that is coming
and willing to let go of the promises
of a younger man.

-  JR
Written June 2019 a younger man
Revised April 2020 a slightly wiser man