One step, that's all it takes
be it forward or back, though
the outcome won't be the same, see
either the past will repeat and
the future not seen, or
the future is all that will ever be.

Deciding shouldn't be hard, as
it seems all too clear which
choice is the deciding choice, but
sometimes the mind and feet
Don't exactly see eye-to-eye.

Forward is the best choice, but
the mind has it's doubts, and
the feet can't move with certainty.
Maybe the mind does a wobble, or
maybe it lifts the foot and returns it,
perhaps it moves in a sort of dance -
going nowhere but doing it fast.
Maybe this is why fatigue joins in.

So much is being done, but
all the same nothing is going on.
How the mind must suffer while
it's trying to decide, seeing it's responsiblities are on the line.
Is this why hopelessness sinks in?

Because so much rides on the mind
but if the mind can't decide
then the feet cannot move
and the grief will insue
and then everything is out of
- balance.
So then hopelessness comes to play
and pain feels it will stay.

That is, until the mind has a thought.
The thought of all thoughts.
Instead of a step, it takes a leap!
To the treasures it hopes to reap.


© FireLove