i saw my future in a dark pit
of a cesspool and knew i could
not deny it.
thankfully, a few years out
i don’t yet have to face the music.
but when that day comes
(should it come indeed)
i’ll close my eyes and run forward
with all my might into that
life-sucking haze, because
if that’s where i’m supposed
to be, i refuse to be anywhere else.
the sieve and the sand 