Consequences

You set out on this journey what seems now to be an eternity ago. It was one of those journeys that was suppose to end happily ever after. Many sheep aspire to this end. BA!

But the path of this journey was not what you expected, there have been too many hot jagged stones beneath your feet along this journey. Pain with every step. Too many missed opportunities to change direction, take a new/different path. What happened, where did you go wrong; happily ever after. They lied. You don't want to believe that. You still want it.

You tarry. And as the end of the journey draws near the pain of it intensifies. The stones seem hotter, sharper and now, with every step the whip of your tormentor tears at your back. This journey has left a vacancy. A vacancy of emotion, spirit, your very soul struggles to remain. At times on this journey you long for your torture to end, you wish for a noose and a tall tree; but there are no trees in this barren wasteland and no one so gracious to hand you rope.

You want this journey to end but with every step the pain becomes more excruciating, more real. If not for the distraction of the pain you have endured and still endure, you would have been cognizant of your strength.

Like everything else this journey too must and will end. And a new path along life's journey found.