Unhitch

Unhitch yourself from the wagon
that goes only one way
knows only one route
travels the same rutted path
it always has,
the end of which is always known.

If it’s change you’re after,
if you long to feel the earth
hear the sounds of the living
witness lives unfolding
in real time, in time 
with the living of your own 

unhitch yourself from the wagon
that goes only one way
knows only one route
one speed, with one end in mind,
never minding where 
else you might want to go.

To know what lies over that way,
how far your legs can carry you,
what the air feels like
when you’re not rushing through it
you must
unhitch yourself from the wagon.