Progress

couple of weeks ago i
went for a hike
down
by the singing creek
and saw a pollywog,
who reminded me that-

transformation
is an awkward thing

back again, today
by that sweet, cleansing
water
and there, again
my friend-
four-legged this time
he swam by
still at full-tail throttle-
but closer,
one step
closer,
to his
unknowable,
unknown
form