One More Step (Poem)
When you take your first step, all the world's unknown;
No markers there to guide you, your path is your own.
You light your own way, while blazing a trail;
Drawn to flickers in the distance, perchance to cast off the veil.
Together burning brighter, form a temp'ry abode;
But nothing lasts forever, when each has their own road.
Lights diverge from each other, travelling paths still uncharted;
And each step takes more effort, not quite like when you started.
Still no signs and no markers, telling you where to go;
So much easier to stay here, in the place which you know.
When you turn to go back, you see nothing is there;
Just a cold, empty path, with no sounds anywhere.
Try to glance through the soft fog, 'neath a darkening sky;
The fading glow of your memories, all that's left to see by.
Where are the lights, which once shone so bright?
Their places taken by shadow and a darkening night.
Will you brave the darkness of an unknown trail;
Unsure what lies in wait or if you'll even prevail?
Or cling to the fading glow of a world you had known;
'Till blown away with the fog or turned into stone?
That's not how you made it here, of that I guarantee;
Your light's not stopped burning and there's still more to see.
What lies out there beyond, what paths will still converge?
A brighter, shining light could have yet to emerge.
Everything from your past, all the people you know;
They all live inside you, you shine with their glow.
You can make it much brighter, depending how you respond;
Face up to the darkness, though unsure what's beyond.
Gather your courage, it is time to be bold;
Life's journey isn't over, until we are cold.
Pick yourself up, you don't belong in the past;
One more step, keep repeating, and your journey will last.