{"sf1_id":1222369,"sf2_id":"XnrZOxAn","title":"Night thoughts - 5. - because why not","author":"Jiblits","words":297,"posted_at":"2017-08-04T04:36:00.000Z","tags":["Dream","Poem","Short Story","slice of life","thought"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1222369-night-thoughts-5-because-why-not","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/XnrZOxAn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/8c/c0/8cc01190-509c-4584-8538-ef27227eb3d7","description":"","content":"Night thoughts - 5. - because why not\n\nEver relapsing into darkness\n\nI sift blindly through my minds possible mess\n\nGrabbing hold of what I can't see with strength I forgot I had\n\nEnvisioning what I need out of it all, I'm certain, moving past those things that once made me sad\n\nWith a spark of light, I see fields of dangers among my journey with a faint glimpse of paradise at its end\n\nMy shoulders ready to bare the burden of bad news, I'll carry on till my back can no longer bend\n\nSlumped over, \u0026 dragging at points, progress in made, but slow...\n\nHigh hopes won't always mirror my spirits as they, at times, hang low...\n\nEach step is kept with a tear, from hope or hardship as life goes on, as it always will\n\nWe move toward the unknown, not always with clear visions of an ending, but simply to live, before we remain still\n\nStumbling near an ending, I hear such an angel sing...\n\nMy alarm...the day must begin again, in a way I wish it wouldn't\u0026nbsp;\n\nFor my own sake thought, for others, it couldn't...\n\nIn another life, in a parallel universe where chance was on my side...\n\nBut...since this isn't that version of life, I get up, get dressed, \u0026 swallow my pride\n\nDriving down the road I've seen more than my eyes could blink\n\nI sit back onto progress I've made for plans, \u0026 the world seems to shrink...\n\n\"It isn't always bad, in life, so free, to be with stress at the brink...\"\n\n\"It can change your being, what you see, \u0026 how you the think...\"\n\n---Thanks for reading---\n\n\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; ---Always---\n\n  \n  \n\n"}