A single step
Sets off light
Pooling at your feet
Darkness closes in
Behind you
As you move ahead

The crowd up ahead
Will not step
On sidewalk cracks; only you
Tread deliberately out of light
Find solace in
The calluses on your feet

Several feet
Above your face ahead
Of your outstretched hands, in
The careful step
You take into scarlet light
I meet you

Disappear into you
The cracks in your feet
I hide from light
Settle in shadows up ahead
Mimick your every step.
A faint melody closes in

Folds in
On itself to touch you
Just as you are about to step
Across the doorway with both feet
Go ahead
Listen for light

Traipsing light
And blithe in
The space ahead
Farther than you
Dared to extend your feet
Take the first step

The last step will be light
Your feet will be in shadow
As you walk into the crowd up ahead.