TRAINING WHEELS

I’m not a follower

though I glean
I’m not angry
yet I check my spleen
I’m not a child
of the in-between

where hurdles are placed
on tracks and fields
I can sidestep the crowd

do as I please

skipping the damaged part

of my film if I choose

what have I got?

nothing to lose

but to pedal to righteous
freedom of thought

to fly without wings
is an arrogant fraud

training wheels are forever

our greatest mistake

is to loosen the bolts
on what looks like fate
training wheels are forever
adjust the size
rebuild with the lessons
then rise, then rise