Flat Earth

Photo post by @@PaulMilitaru.

Loner dares to set his eyes
out there somewhere
vast,
lifting his head
only occasionally,
always making excuses –
one day he would venture,
one day soon.

but maybe he’d kick back
for now and think a bit more,
reasoning that
everything looked much the same
as it did yesterday,
so maybe everything
past that ledge in the distance
was probably much the same
as it was yesterday,

it certainly looked that way
from where he stood and thought –
about the long, dusty, straight, flat road
outside of the field
which led all the way to that ledge –
it was huge,
‘what could be down there?

Maybe I’ll kick back for now
and ponder my new horizons –
then I will be ready,
tomorrow…

maybe.’