Uncertainty

Uncertainty hangs 

in the air heavy

like damp laundry 

on a clothesline.

 

The winds are shifting,

altering course,

while I wait to know 

what the future holds.

 

Nothing is guaranteed;

even the earth I walk on,

and air in these lungs

are not promised.

 

Of this I am reminded

as the ground quakes

and my breath is unsteady;

stability is not assured.

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