Dream Small

Of course, dream big

as big as you can
but dream small too
little ones
bite-sized
achievable, attainable
realized
they are no less
a success.

I got glasses at fourteen
and from the jump
yearned for
prescription sunnys,

at first finances
made them an
unnecessary luxury
then a general fear
of both doctors
and the minutia of retail
prevented their procurement
only now
after twenty years
have I got my pair
of reentry shields
and it is no small
satisfaction.