©️Loreta C. Bande If life were lived in a spiral staircase One could always look back to discern What acts to correct or to go back for What has been left in hurried concern. It has nowhere to go but up or down by choice There's balustrade to lean and wrung to sit on You can never be lacking in poise and pause You can take your time with passion or none. If not the contender egoistic sort The side is your grace to let others go ahead The boon is you see all's composure And decide when to help take the lead. But life is more than a spiral staircase It's a roller coaster with loops and twists Subject to giddy dynamic challenges That when you fall you may need therapists.