Seeking an alternate route



Reluctantly I begin my transformation
though I'm feeling cautiously uncertain.
No longer am I able to tolerate myself,
I must be freed of this terrible burden.

I've been living this way for far too long
and I don't have a valid excuse.
All my effort must now be focused on
escaping all this self inflicted abuse.

Enlightening my perspective towards a brighter humble future existence.
Fueled by the drive and tenacity to
overcome any type of resistance.

Constantly gaining wisdom from these trying times and all these lessons I have learned.
Fixing all my many mistakes that led to this treachery I have now discerned.

Anxiously I await some kind of divine intervention to point me in a new direction.
And to help me achieve these new goals I now have and all these aspirations.

I seek an unquestionable, clear and decisive path to begin this journey I'm about to take.
One that will successfully guide me and
reveal all the right decisions i need to make.

Unconfident, unsure, and uneasy about this whole thing I shamefully still remain.
Yet somehow fully focused on this new life and goals I so desperately strive to obtain.

This growing hope and this strong desire that's within me is slowly beginning to inspire.
These humbling feelings of truth, love and compassion cause a calmness to transpire.

Unwavering feelings of true love, contempt and pure unadulterated admiration.
Have me undeterred and determined to
pronounce to the world this provocation.

Laid out before me a new chapter begins forged out of pure love and forgiveness.
Starting a new day in this blessed life is
truly remarkable and utterly stupendous.

 

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Following an uncertain new path laid out before you.

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Written on April 22, 2019

Submitted by jhontx on September 18, 2023

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Scheme AAXA XBXB CDC EE AX FXF GG XX ADA HXH
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,648
Words 307
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3

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