So What’s Next

What you know is what you’ll lose.
What you keep’s what you can’t know.

That’s the joy. That’s the true quest.
To be, to see, and not know

Just what’s the shape of what’s next.
You may think you’re scared. You are.

You’re not sure what you can keep.
You may think you’re bored. You’re not.

It’s just that you don’t know what
To hope for next, what to dread.

When you think you do, you’re scared.
When you don’t, you think you’re bored.

Joy floats in the trough of those
Two crests. Joy you know you can’t.

Give up all hope. Let dread rest.
While you are you can’t know next.