Making Choices Will Illuminate The Next Step

One's choice spotlights the steps,

One's steps lights the path. Keep movin'

Cause stillness don't save you, Nobody's 

Out here gets a prototype. 

Most days you move cause standing still

Still hurts intensely. 

Life hands out shadows,  corners you can't 

Recognize,  faces that changes cover up.

But choices?

They're lodestars small ones.

The kind that sparkles when you shak'em

But still exhibits something real.

Take one step- The ground shows it's face.

Take another- The byways stops 

Misrepresenting. It ain't about being brave

It ain't about being perfect. It's about 

Confessing.

" I'm done wasting time for clarity to come find

Me".

Every move an individual makes glows a

Itty-bitty more of the way.

Even wrong turns educate you where not to go

Make an exit. 

So you choose 

You learn

You grow

And the next steps glows just enough for you 

To keep walking.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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