The Walk

overcoming obsticles

The Walk

Walking in today I feel my hands are moist

Not with excitement, but fear

Today is judgement day

I slowly walk to my office

They have already arrived

Waiting…

I hesitate with fear, then enter

They speak not of what I have done

For I have changed

They speak of where I will go…

Really just that I can’t stay

The Fear

Now I most face them

Not those of the office, but those at home

The ones that depend on me

The ones that expect me to provide

My fear grows as I drive

As I must face them and speak the words

I lost my livelihood today

My pride, my income, my life

My fear is… 

That is not all that will be lost today

My home, my wife, my child

What do I do now?

My first thought is to run

Tell no one

Just hide

Or do I just turn the wheel

No one will know…

No one will know

They would be provided for

They are better off without me dragging them down

The Decision

Do I step forward?

Toward the unknown

To work hard

To finish school

To reinvent myself

To become who I was meant to be

To be the father, the husband

They deserve…

I do and I am