impossibly steep

I would fall fast,

I have, in fact, plummeting down

these impossibly steep stairs late at night,

in desperation

back then, there were no graduation pictures.

Life felt desperate.

now

not so much,

I would rather see the graduation pictures

as I slowly descend the stairs, or even slowly

ascending the stairs, a step behind Mira,

ready to catch her in case she loses balance

she is not walking yet, but will soon 

race up, and down, these stairs.

I don't feel desperate 

I don't need to find a solution

at the bottom of the stairs

at the end of an impossibly fast

fall.