This is a balancing poem
to adjust your expectations
after the last one
which may have been
too great with exaltation
or two unimpressive
(for who knows how this will be placed
in its folio?).

Let these words settle you
calm your weary soul
and prepare you to tackle the next poem
with fresh eyes and spirit,
May you be excited for what is to come
and enjoy
on its own terms
not in relation to what has come before.

Forget what has come before.
Take on the new.
It is waiting for you.
Go on now,
turn the page.