You take a leap, and then another

Thus moving forward proud two steps.

Inevitably being thrown though

Right back by five, or four, or three.

And every time you seemingly get closer

There quite unfortunately seems to be

Another obstacle across your way.

You wipe off sweat, your tears, and hopes

You persevere further through your pain.

Yet in such dance and in such rhythmic

pattern, ending with a sudden twist

of wicked luck, you’re moving forward

To reside in someone else’s shadow

Pursuing that which you don’t know

In silence, and by touch -

All in the dark.

Not daring to breeze through

invisible divider you yourself

engraved in front of your bare feet,

You still believe it’s out of reach

Not grasping it’s been all along

Encoded in the language of your

restless heartbeat.