ShyEyes
Novice Sprinter
A needle suspended in quiet space,
held within a silver ring,
it turns without a hurried pace
to answer an invisible king.
It does not heed the local wind,
nor care which path the traveler chooses;
its steady heart is single-pinned,
and never what it pulled from loses.
Though stormy skies obscure the trail
and landmarks melt into the night,
its quiet trembling will not fail
to point toward its distant light.
For guidance is not born of sight,
nor gathered from the crowd’s acclaim;
it rests within a constant attraction,
forever pointing to the same.
held within a silver ring,
it turns without a hurried pace
to answer an invisible king.
It does not heed the local wind,
nor care which path the traveler chooses;
its steady heart is single-pinned,
and never what it pulled from loses.
Though stormy skies obscure the trail
and landmarks melt into the night,
its quiet trembling will not fail
to point toward its distant light.
For guidance is not born of sight,
nor gathered from the crowd’s acclaim;
it rests within a constant attraction,
forever pointing to the same.
