Milestones

Milestones
Everyone can look back and identify
at least one moment that
redefined
their life
and put them on the path that leads to
today
these moments can be big occasions
like
weddings or war
births or deaths
awakenings or rejections
but sometimes these moments are
quite inconsequential
quite ordinary
quite minor
or seem so just before
the moment
strikes
usually like
texting while driving
joking while working
seemingly random impulsive acts
of all sorts

we never know how we are going to react
when those moments happen

oh

we think about them
once in a while
and either
shudder or laugh
deny or desire
ignore or obsess
but
we really have no idea
until it happens
some people are devastated by success
some people are entirely renewed by failure
some people go right on as if nothing happened
these days that change our lives are
milestones
on our road through life
simply a milestone
just a milestone
only a milestone
passed
.