A Journey of a Thousand Miles

 

A Journey of a Thousand Miles

The isolation

is only the beginning.

Alone in a room,

the stillness disturbed,

intermittently by shivers.

A cage-match

with demons ensues.

Sleep is fleeting and fitful.

Dreams an unsolvable puzzle,

disparate pieces out of order

and just out of reach.

Time crawls as shadows

and hints of sunlight

denote day versus night.

There is no escape,

the only option is through.

Through the abyss

of broken promises,

missed opportunities,

and failure. Your end,

the beginning, the first step.

SMG