Labyrinth
It feels like one day I blinked
And 4 years had gone by
Like I had been living in this labyrinth of habit and routine
My feet moving without me realizing
No plans for the future,
Just surviving by day
I blinked, and I haven’t breathed since
All of my dreams and aspirations are circling around my head
Making me dizzy, foggy
They’re everywhere I look
Begging me, asking me when will I ever reach them?
The fear of the future,
Of what’s to come
If I’ll mess it all up
Not fulfill who I am meant to be,
Drag me to my bed every night
I lay there fighting to fall asleep
With 1000 words pulling and tugging
At every part of my brain every second
I want out of this labyrinth
Will I ever make it?
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The transition from high school to the rest of life can be terrifying. Some people don’t quite figure out that next step until they’re making it. Fortunately, there’s still so much life to live that if one starts off in the wrong direction, there’s still plenty of time to fix it. I hear the fear, but have nothing but hope for the speaker in your poem.