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Your stride is long and swift
Quickly you forge ahead
I lag behind
Still I follow sure and steady
Watching where you lead
The landscape’s larger from this vantage point
I surmise where you are heading
And when obstacles emerge
I call out a word of caution
Once I saw you stumble on a rock
That neither of us saw
I should’ve seen it coming
No matter, you didn’t fall
But you slowed a bit to ponder
Looking back to check your bearings
Noticing I was lagging
You slowed your pace
And waited, walking slowly
Taking time to absorb the beauty
of your surroundings
