Wedge

Head down,

shoulders straight,

I marched to the beat

of the drum

I thought I made. 

Chin up,

eyes wide open,

I barreled down

the path I thought

was less trodden. 

Hard stop,

pull up,

I seem to have

hit a roadblock.

Because all the time

I spent thinking

I was on the right track,

I’d wedged myself

between expectations

and no way back.

                                                            ~N.V.