You're always
Searching for
More, always looking for
A better
Option.
To get there
You'll want to
Journey.
Often this will mean
A quick skip
Or a hop
To the next
Choice.
But sometimes
It will be a long
Long journey
You will set off
Early
The skies
Clear.
And at first
It will be
Fun. The sky
Will shine and
The world will
Rejoice.
You will find
Yourself thinking
Hey, this isn't so bad
But then
Suddenly the skies go
Dark, and the rain comes
You're exhausted and hungry
And just want to stop.
But you're too
Deep. Gasping for
Breath, you sink
Down
Down
D
O
W
N
As you fall
You start to regret
Not telling
All the people who
Mattered how much
They do, regretting the
Night you stormed
Out, with the wind
Whipping at your
Heels, the frost freezing
Your tears in your
Eyes.
Just as you've
Prepared yourself
To spend the rest of your
Life alone at the
Bottom, you see a
Hand reaching
Down towards
You.
You grab it and
Feel yourself
Hauled to the
Top. You break the
Surface and splutter.
You look up and burst into
Laughter, because even
Though you are tired and
Exhausted, starved and half
Dead, you
Survived.
And even though it
Took you an eon,
You have arrived.
~june 2018
