The Corner

Sitting, gazing raptly
into a future never imagined
leaving behind the fear and mistrust
enfolded into your soft embrace
I think about the past
how close it always seemed to be
but it grows distant in memory
fading ... fading ... away
It's like turning a corner
I stood for so long at the nadir
afraid to look ahead
trapped into looking back
Finally making that fateful step
and the future is closer
than the past