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"Decent"

Not every path

asks for triumph.

Some just want your steady feet.

The ridge ahead

is nothing dramatic—

a rise, a dip, a bit of scrub.

Still, I pause.

Not for grandeur,

but for the small relief of breath.

Halfway along,

I realise the view is ordinary

in a way that feels earned.

At the far fence,

I rest a hand on the post,

its grain warm from the day.

It offers no lesson.

No sign.

Just a place to stop.

And somehow,

that’s plenty.

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