baby steps

we talk of baby steps,

but what baby can actually walk?
few
in the first year.

it's mostly a long crawl
anywhere
across a room.

not to mention the crying,
and drool.

that's more of what we do
at first
when the time to leave
is past due.

we crawl
out of the muck,
but in time
we rise to our feet.

we grow in truth,

no longer crawling but
running as fast and hard

and as far away
as one can get from you.