Inside The Lines

Fear of Invisible Failure, A Poem

Tighten your boot straps like they’re expectations,
scuff the soles while running from yourself

Brush off the leather while you make amends
with god, yourself, or whoever—
just don’t stop trying to keep pace

Replace laces when they fray,
or just drag them along beside you,
waiting for the moment you inevitably trip

And these boots might last a lifetime if you’re careful,
but when haven’t you been?

Cause the pavements run thin where you’ve walked it,
following in whose footsteps?

Forgetting you aren’t meant to skip each crack in the path,
still confining yourself inside each line
for fear of some invisible failure
that surely wouldn’t be yours if it came true  

And there are drag paths all around
where others have been—
made by shoes,
worn

for nobody but themselves



- Forbes

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This ones quite different for me, I think I’m getting good at expanding my topics which is so funnn!

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