trust

safe –

you think –

behind your wall of – why,

hiding from no one –

but – yourself…

is it the light you flee?

afraid to – see?

or rather,

to be seen?

so easily you cling to presume,

as if it were your shield,

completely – unaware –

the truth you fear

merely shackles you with regret –

blinds you from seeing,

it is that which ultimately,

sets you free.

to become

what if –

the bridge between

is,

and possibilities…

to linger in the now –

face down,

drowning in regret –

requires too much of not enough.

i choose face up –

forward motion.

captivated by might,

fueled by could –

my journey started yesterday,

with just one step

past accept!