Here I am,
Looking down,
Standing on a long,
Unending road.

I look up and can't see anything.
Everything is blurry.
Nothing can be made out.
Only silhouettes blurred in the distance.

That is the long road ahead of me.
Thinking hard and deep.
Should I keep going?
The road leads to somewhere unknown.

It could be scary,
Filled with pain,
joy,
hope?

I look back and see a lot.
Everything is clear.
Distant memories,
Filled with pain and joy.

That was the long road behind me.
Stuck and fixated in my mind.
Should I let them dictate my path ahead?
The road behind me lead me where I am now.

Should I keep going forward?
Should I stop here and rest?
Let the past catch up with me?
Or move forward and make new memories?

Questions?
Answers?
What to do?
What should I do?

I look forward.
Take my first step.
Eyes clinch tightly...Pain!
Familiar pain.

Pain from the past has caught up with me.
Pain is holding me back.
Pain is itching my brain.
Pain... It hurts.

A soft warm feeling brushes my cheek.
The feeling of happiness,
The thought of joy.
A breath of freshness.

Hope for the future.
Hope is pulling me forward.
Hope is soothing the pain.
Hope... It feels good.

The more I strain to move forward,
To hope for the future...
The more it hurts,
From pain in the past...

I take another step.
More pain.
More hope.
And another step.

Moving forward is easier.
The feeling of hope is stronger.
The feeling of pain is weaker.
Another step.

My eyes open up.
The future.
It's getting clearer.
Silhouettes come into focus.

Pain goes away.
Hope is stronger.
I smile.
Take another step.

Stepping turns into walking.
Walking into running.
Running into flying.
Pain is gone.

All that is left is hope.
Hope for the future.
Changes are felt.
Changes are made.

Hope is warm,
Hope is kind,
Hope is gentle.
Hope is another road,
A road to the unknown.

The future is where I want to be.
Good? Bad?
Who knows?
There is always hope for the future.