Balance and Direction

Since I started

remembering time

the dance

and 

bull charge determination

of the running back

is the golden spike

driven through

orbital cavity,

piercing the lobed ground,

and crossing the hemispheric divide

of my awareness.

This is the arms,

legs,

heart and soul

set against time's gravity

and the mass of opposition.

Everything must be expended

in the act of preserving balance

and true direction.

Linear momentum

in cleats

staring down

resultant force.