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Directions

It feels as though time itself, 
Is slipping from my grasp,
Like I’m walking atop eggshells,
Across butterfly wings,
And along the shattered and broken glass

There never seems to be enough time
It’s like a marathon for me
All I want is to finish this climb
And stand tall for all to see

With all that’s going on right now,
These hard times seem to linger
Like I’m rushing in a race,
Against the ever changing current
And these memories in time are slipping, 
Like sand trickling down the narrow hourglass, 
Right through my desperate fingers

My vision seems to be constantly refocusing
Unsure about what is real
Switching between health and sickness
I don’t know how to feel

I look to the 7 directions
The brainless scarecrow pointing me every which way
sometimes I feel like the cowardly lion,
running from the slightest sight of trouble

I tried looking north, but my compass is bent 
I tried looking east, but I was blinded by the light
I tried looking south, but walking back into the past is not a mistake I
prefer to make
I tried looking west, to the stars, for answers, 
But all I got were twinkling lights and momentary freedom, 
Before darkness engulfed my thoughts
I tried looking up, silently begging for a direction to turn to
I tried looking down, to see things from above
Finally, I tried looking within, and found something worth working towards

So god bless this broken road I’ve been traveling
Hanging on by a thread, just getting by each day
For had I not fallen down and gotten roughed up a bit
I never would’ve gotten strong enough to get back up

Copyright © Gianna Hogen | Year Posted 2016

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Skat A Date: 6/25/2016 11:27:00 PM GOOD ONE, G H....SKAT Login to Reply

Pashang Salehi Date: 2/10/2016 2:16:00 AM Hi Gianna. I got upset from your uncertainty. I don’t know you,I am a guy that would like to help your broken road. There is an old Persian belief that says for everything, we should take seven steps, it should always go in order: 1- desire/demand 2- love/passion 3- knowledge/wisdom 4 -independence / disdain 5- unity/solidarity 6- astonishment/ perplexity 7- deprivation / death. Think about them, I hope it can help you. Pashang Login to Reply Gianna Hogen Date: 2/10/2016 2:20:00 PM Thank you very much for the advice, but this is a fairly old poem of mine that I wrote when I was uncertain and lost on the path I was taking at the time. I posted it to reminent me to take those seven steps if I ever get lost again. I'very found my way now. So thank you, I appreciate you offering to help.:)