Who Can Say?

I cannot say if from birth I was meant to walk this way

or if my behaviors were learned from an early age. Most

of us roll this way, day after day, thinking surely, no one

knows. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t.

Seems as if we are mostly a complete mystery unto our-

selves and others. I know chewing with my mouth closed,

and driving on the right side of the road were teachings

I follow to this day.

I have had an abiding sadness following me even from

before I learned to take my first step. And it took me

the better part of 68-years to learn how to limp properly

from all that weight.

Chris Hanch  8-15-15