The Exchange Poem by Susan Lacovara

Only know if it's right

Or wrong

Or wrongly right

Or rightly wrong

After the exchange

After the exhale

After the overthinking

After the distraction

Of not knowing where to begin

Or how it will end

Or if it's an ending to a beginning

Or a beginning to an end

Bracing for the inevitable unexpected

And expecting what inevitably happens

When daring to dart into the traffic

On an unknown street

Deciding that no decisions need be made

Not right away

For this is merely just the exchange