Life the guaranteed setback

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Three steps forward

two steps back

a child is birthed

only to mourn

the unfairness of life

grief’s warranty

Four steps forward

three steps back

loss is a given

trial and error

trial and loss

loss after loss

three steps forward

two steps back

wounded and jaded

weakness has faded

only to be seen at times

in the sea saw called life

the timing is never quite right

never quite ready

yet somehow, eventually

we strive to arrive

stepping forward and back