where you are, what you want

and the distance between (a small section of The How)

But why the difficulty? you wonder.

You’re pushing twenty, thirty, forty. Life is not what you imagined.

Things are tougher than you thought. You put out the trash.

You wash the dishes in the sink, but there is always more waste. Waste.

More to wash, either of the house or yourself.

And when will the work end? you ask yourself. When?

Everything needs upke…