Musings and Ramblings:Corridor of Uncertainty
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I’m stuck inside a loop that doesn’t seem to stop
My ambitions somehow got ahead of me and I got lost on this path.
In my race to stay on top.
The choices that I made then, I wasn’t prepared for the aftermath of burned bridges that stop just short of where I need to go.
I can feel the ever growing rapids of uncertainty continue to grow.
They threaten my semi-safe haven.
I can hear the shrill call of the ever present raven.
Calling from the other side of the dream I’m begging to come true.
I just need to find a perfect spot that will allow me to pass through.
The corridors of uncertainty are closing in rapidly on me.
Claustrophobic, I walk these halls everyday.
I’m very much in limbo in every way.
I’m too old to be a student, but I don’t have that sacred paper sheet.
Just to get to this point was no small feat.
I taste the bitterness of missed chances every time I sit in the room
Watching someone else fulfill my dream as I settle into a darkening gloom.
I’m frustrated, angsty and discontent,
ambition drives me onto a path that’s bent.
I sold my soul to a demon unbeknownst to me
Thing aren’t always as they appear to be.
Now I pay a price; a penance
Waiting for my turn, my chance.
The corridors of uncertainty are a tough place to stride.
Somehow I must smile and hold up my head with pride.
Sometimes what we we want is just on the other side,
Of the corridor of uncertainty.
So I will hold my breath and steel my spine.
Quietly lumbering towards the dream that will soon be mine.
Copyright © Michelle Morningstar | Year Posted 2017
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