untreaded paths

I don't want to only know her by the sound of her footsteps

I don't want this leash to be so tight

I want to find my own and not relive someone else's lost dream

I want to be me

This path has footsteps that never made it to the end

Am I supposed to continue

in search of what was

and in hopes of becoming something that's not for me

It pains me with each step that I take

It leads me

farther than where I need to be