Heavy with hope
Yet lighter than most
Down the slippery slope
Dread clings to every pore
Sinking, unraveling,
Weighed down
At once striving, reaching
Never persistent enough
Never insistent enough
Dropping the burden too early,
Failing at crucial moments
Far from Soldierly
Grab it tight, tighter
Work high, higher
Slowing is not for us,
The need is too much,
Urgent, unfathomable, but not deep
Human desires, easily conquered,
Subsumed by dreaming sleep
Forsake leisure, Drop hesitance
Take up the sword,
Heavier than most –
Though not really.
Ensnared in imagination,
Step out, face reality
With some effort you move freely.
Author’s Note: Hi Everyone! I’m not really a poet, but while I was trying to write a short story, this thing kinds flowed out of me, so here you go. Let me know what you think.
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