Date Written: 31 January 2026
Sometimes it takes leaving a place
to see how that place was a cage.
Sometimes it takes courage to finally face
what has been pent up inside, the thing called rage.
It’s only when we find ourselves going forward
that we also find ourselves looking back.
It’s only when we take that first step toward
our dreams and desires that we find the things we lack.
This mirror in front of us only shows us what is there.
And sometimes as much as we move ourselves forward,
the past will still linger in view there.
The only way to reach our future
is to acknowledge the past that follows us
into the present that makes us all aware
that the future we sometimes seek is all but rare.
It is an illusion that comes from our past
that affects how we act and decide in the present.
But how do we move around the mirror
that only shows us where we’ve been and who we are,
but never what we could be?
How do we shatter the mirror to see our future?
How do we no longer keep viewing the past?
Do we close our eyes as we remain present?
Or do we continue to our unknown destination, our fated place?
And do we stay in this mirror that is our cage?