November 23, 2021

Into the world I go

With nothing but myself in tow

I trudge the space around me, it surrounds me 

On foot alone, I make my way 

Along paths unknown, pray I won't go astray 

I feel like the ground beneath, yet I sink

And think—Onward, into the world I must go

In search of solid ground 

One foot in front of the other 

I traverse the darkness yonder

Still forward, forward

I long to grasp something, anything 

Quick, quick—I scramble, I sink

And reach out in front of me

There is much yet so little

Hands flailing, feet stumbling

I wail and scream

For I am out of breath, overwhelming is the breadth 

Yet into the world I go

Pick myself up along the road

The emptiness prevails but it won't assail me 

I am starting to make out the shapes of what I find

And latching onto them as I go

Forward, always onward 

Into the world I am beginning to know