Sew

A man paces
hands in pockets 
eyes focused ahead 
looking at nothing 
and his mind 
a million miles
away thinking of
and maybe about 
asking himself why 
back and forth 
like a needle 
on a sewing
machine threading reasons
he will walk 
these few steps 
until the spool
his life is 
runs out of 
the thread that 
his life was