i am not done yet

Lucille Clifton • 1936-2010

as possible as yeast
as imminent as bread
a collection of safe habits
a collection of cares
less certain than i seem
more certain than i was
a changed changer
i continue to continue
what i have been
most of my lives is
where i’m going

Published in Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980, 1987