More Latitude You Could Use

People are much freer than they imagine

You find out how far out

You can go by going,

But more often you find

Out just by starting out

Far off the mark, wishing

You could be in the thick

Of what others are doing,

But you’re stuck, but you stick

It out where you are, far

From your generation,

If there’s any such thing,

Far for certain from things

You watch and read, learning

There’s no road you can reach

That leads from you to them.

It dawns on you there is

A road, and you’re sitting

Beside it every day,

But it’s the road that leads

Away. It’s longitude

Not latitude you change.