A door sealed shut

A coffin nailed

The pain of finality

Leaches into your marrow

Why is it so hard

To permanently close a door?

Fear of unreturnability?

Even though you don’t want to

Need to keep options open?

Mistrust in the future unknown?

Fear of letting go

Of the fantasy that took you there.

Reality erodes

The elusive dream

Dragging you under water with it.

“God will provide”

But you’ve got to do the work

No guarantee of outcome

When you step on the path

The serendipitous events

That led you to conclude

“This is the way”

The body says,

“It’s not the way now”.

Grief arises

Like the swelling of the stormy sea

In the letting go

Of the dream for reality.

It’s normal.

© Karen Lighthouse 2024

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