… One Two Three …
When I walk up or down a set of stairs, I count them.
I don’t count my steps while walking.
… Four Five Six …
There is safety and comfort in counting stairs.
I’m afraid to miss a step, stumble, and fall.
… Seven Eight Nine …
There are nineteen stairs going up to my apartment.
Eighteen really but I count the landing as the last stair.
… Ten Eleven Twelve …
I find it satisfying to count the correct amount.
Sometimes I get distracted and miscount.
… Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen …
I might count seventeen or nine or eleven stairs.
… Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen …
I’ve never counted more than nineteen because
it’s much harder to over count stairs.
… Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one …
Wait, how many stairs did I just count?
How much farther is it?
… Twenty-two Twenty-three Twenty-four …
…
… Twenty-five …