Thursday, August 15, 2019

the hamster cage

i see a lot of people
stuck
in the middle, lost in
transition,
unable to move on, or get out,
or restart their
own
lives. you can hear
the wheel
of their hamster cage
spin and spin
all day, into the long
sleepless nights.

you want to help,
but you can't. there are
no words of advice
that will provide
a path out.
love is meaningless.
prayer and waiting won't do.

they have to change.
not talk about change, not
pretend, or
make vows, or say they are
changing,
you have to see it with
your own eyes.
it's action. i only know
this, because I've been
there time and time again.

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