Awkward/Graceful Dance

Sometimes I walk with grace

Sure-footed, serene.

Path seems effortless.

Wise actions flow naturally.

Difficulties melt.

Complexities simplify.

Sometimes I struggle to steer

Clumsy, vacillating, unsure

Two left feet

Tripping and stumbling

Hands all-thumbs

Groping and fumbling.

Sometimes, when life is hard,

I bow to its syncopation.

No judgment.

Sometimes I make hard harder.

Stories turn life's heartbeat

Into heartbreak.

Sometimes I mire in muck.

Sometimes I float above.

And sometimes I'm just present

Observing inside and out -

A tender witness to

The awkward/graceful dance.