One foot in front of the other one

I'm tall. I remember when I really became tall. I had a hard time knowing where my feet were in 10th grade without looking.  Like a lot of tall people, I started watching my feet when I walked. 

I'm watching my feet again. I may tell myself that it's because of the ice and snow. Really it's because it's comfortable. 

It's easier to look at the near than the far. To look down than up. To focus on the immediate, not the distant. 

There is too much out there at times. It helps me to limit my stimuli. 

Focus on my feet. The middle distance. Somewhere besides where the pain lies.