When Outcome Doesn’t Match Expectation from Natural Beauty and Other Poems, p.39

“Supposedly are paths are not that unique. Nature and nurture combine to produce predictability amidst the maddening horde. Every result makes perfect sense when looking back over time.

And yet, let us …

Set some goals, do some tasks, hopefully do good along the way, hopefully better if not perfect, hopefully friendship if not results, we will acknowledge on our final day.”