Every single step

Every step, I’ve made before

Tracing footprints by shape and depth,

Imprints of this rotating parapet

Dreams are lofty,

Dimensions grand,

For any other,

These hallucinations

Would be everyday accomplishments

Filibusters daily grind

The words, the taste

The breadth of dispute

Resonating in my mind

Every territorial mark I make

I find I reclaim another day,

Resiliency is all I have

The foresight of knowledge curdles through

Shame, respite

Failures encroachment upon my life

Forlorn stories of what could have, should have been

Are underlined with invisible print