Turtle-minded

[ A step back to witness,
and what is it you see?
regulate and monitor,
adjust and shift...
And what is it they see?
A friend withdrawn,
focusing too heavily,
distant and unwilling,
to move with
         impulsive
            longing,
-Never
compelled to split
the difference.
Never connecting without
     their
         insistance. ]






[ -they say he's forward,
           too impulsive,
  -they say he's a witness
           too outside himself,
  -they say he's beside himself
           a competition driving towards madness,
  -they say he's hidden
           trapped within himself ]

   -they say he's amongst us
       balanced