engineering tolerance

          thank you for walking into
the sun
          as i walked away from it or
maybe
          it was the other way around
i'm not
          very good at understanding
such concepts
          and even as you chuckled i
didn't feel dumb
          i wonder why: perhaps it is
 because in
          other aspects of life you seek
my counsel
          heed the truth in my words
i respond
          solidifying my worth - easy
as that
          nxt time you walk into the sun
or try to
          teach me how to calibrate such
a gadget
          of north east and west: know i'm
not really
          following along: i'm tracing how
your shadow
          protects mine