A Growing Realization
Nearer and nearer comes the time
when I’ll no longer be able to look back
I see it inch forward on the horizon
with every rise and fall of the sun
I see the edge of a cliff draw closer
Beyond which I’ve never seen before,
and never thought might be a home
Nearer and nearer comes the second
I’ll be thrown off
I feel how the reigns tighten,
how they arrange for their lives after I’m gone
I feel how the ship steers straight,
forgetting its other destinations in the past
Nearer and nearer comes the moment
that I step out of this world
Into a one where I’m more alone,
yet free to become new
I’ll step into a world where I craft myself,
create ambition, build my life
Among all the strangers I’ll meet there,
I’ll meet myself
The time is coming in which life starts anew
But old in that I’ll put to use
what I’ve learned thus far
There will be questions
that I must answer myself
There will be people who I’ll choose to
keep or cast aside
There will be more opportunities to stop,
but more reasons to continue
Nearer and nearer comes the time
when I’ll have to rise to its occasion
And make sure that it will be different
than what it is now
—By Renee O.