The Fanciful Inchworm

Appendages paired for walking

at head and tail

but alas, lacking legs for midsection traction.

Thus, relegated to inching along

 slowly back to front

Into an odd loop,

that teeters in the breeze,

then front forward

to undo the loop.

Then again

and again

down the weary path

taking measure inch by inch

of the seemingly mundane

and inane

matters of a small place,

amidst the entire planet.

Such is life’s duties

inching along slowly

back to front

into an odd loop,

that teeters in the breeze,

then front forward

to undo the loop.

Then again

and again

until the time nears to cocoon

away and wait...

the ageless wait

of the epochs

and into the transcendence

of wings

in the enlightenment

where the bounds to earth

are broken into free flight.

Such is life’s glories.

The fanciful Inchworm.