this is what's next

when

young you used to think

what's next?

you were optimistic.

where to,

who,

what job,

all of the usual

questions

that

filled up your still

developing heart

and brain.

what's next?

what place

to live.

what love,

or close to love person

will appear

in your life.

will it be true love,

or again, just sex.

what's next?

and now when you wake

up and lie

alone in your bed you think,

maybe this is it.

this is what's next.