fire fades

most of us just pretend to know
and take another’s word
most of us have to operate
like this on some level
in order to get through the day
another step above most of us
don’t have time to figure out
how we really want to spend
the day we don’t pretend
and allow the self to rejoin
most of us already in progress
without end in sight focused
on a fire in the distance
most of us will go to bed early
to ensure proper rest
a full twenty-four extra
unexpected like the common cold
might stop me right where I stand
sit walk and sit again
new table new stones fire fades
in the distance...