" Building A Future Island"

In the middle of the lake where the future is a tiny island
Floating as if unattached
The uncertainty so unbecomingly unaware
That the future is never
Content
Just floating in and out
Of another man's enthusiasm
For life's endless parade of ambitions
Where the water laps upon the shores
Of self- loathing's tiny island
Floating aimlessly
On the lake of life's possible outcomes
Where being unattached
Is living without foundation
For building a fiery future
Filled
With happy disappointments
And where
There lays waiting
One's future
Self-respect....

Tony Taylor   (Chicago)