Double back, lines

I just don't know where the line is or

where I should be drawing it.

I've never been good at straight lines

Only curving ones that double back in loophole

after loophole until nobody knows 

what ground they're standing on 

or where to step next and suddenly

it's a minefield of loopholes

that made sense in my head but 

now it's playing out in front of me,

in the lives of real people

flesh and bone and questioning eyes

in front of me, looking at me and asking me,

just where do I stand, all I can do

is turn around until I know they've left

and then I turn back to survey the pattern

on the ground of lines I've seen before,

none of them straight and 

they're too knotted to work out,

so I walk away too.

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[jacob erin-cilberto]

i relate to this write. I have lived my whole life never in black and white or on a straight line...grey area and curves and decisions i might have questioned later or felt glad that i went outside the box.
we have to give ourselves a break sometimes....understand that decisions in life are not that clear cut...and we can only know what the correct one was for sure after we have experienced our decision...
j.