# One More Step (Poem)

Author: Rakuen Growlithe
Tags: Clean, Poetry

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.

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/rm85VVn0