Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Expectations

What an opportunity!
You've earned it!
You're really going places!


A thousand held breaths,
none of them mine.

Chains of expectation
around my neck.

I can't stay.
I can't go.

what if...?
what if...?
what if...?


How do I know
I'm not just following the path
of other peoples' dreams?

 

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