Tiny Loo. Crate of Beer. Solo Shower.
Diverse options. Fuzzy pathways.
Uncertainty outside. Certainty within.
Open Mind. Fear of failure. Excitement to try.
Floating Ideas. Wild Dreams. Self Love.
Other opinions fade. Own path. Discover.
Natural. Transformation. Sheer joy of Labour.
Figuring out. Challenging. All limits of self.
Solo walks. Blank stares. Alone.
All in. Nothing kept back. Not even for later.
Illogical, often. Reasonable with himself, rarely.
Any road. Any distance. One calling.
Cities changed. Desks changed. The boy didn't.
He reached where he was meant to.
Because he played intense.
Seventeen years. Same water. Different door.
Shared loo. Rubber duck. Two-minute shower.
Crate of beer. Now a crate of blocks.
A knock. A small fist. Papa.
Diverse options. Fewer. Sharper.
Uncertainty outside. Louder. Certainty within. Deeper.
Open mind. Still. Fear of failure. Still. Excitement to try. Still.
New dimensions. Same hunger.
Equilibrium. In chaos.
Chaos, mostly self-made.
Waves he chose. Dancing anyway.
Giving. Smiling. Not always. Mostly. Enough.
Solo walks. Now stroller walks.
Blank stares. Now someone stares back.
Alone. Not anymore.
Proud of that boy. Dripping. Dreaming. France.
Proud of this dad. Dripping. Dreaming. Home.
Same boy.
Still playing intense.
