TURNING

Where does one turn forward
in a reasoned time of unbelief
toward yourself,nature, God
as sunshine encircles a leaf,

Resting on the hammock
immersed in halting rhyme
when seasons change the clock
will your verses alter the time,

Seeking doubts for answers
questioning in adolescence
as you watch the Russian ballet
without a dancer's consequence,

For it is difficult for him and her
to match up with every step
with a pirouette or pas de deux
you catch up and then demur.