Fates Determination

I stand before a granite door with hinges rusted through

Dwarfed in size, the patterns swore into skies of blue

Hands tremble as I contemplate the choice I have to make

Turn away and life is gay or knock and see my fate

The road behind I know too well is full of broken hearts

The sins of past and heartless acts echo tearing me apart

The dark behind has left me blind to all I can become

The shadows cast eerie apparitions I cannot break away from

Before me stands a fate unknown which stupefies my soul

To walk right through could bring me to a grand celestial pole

Or cast me back into the fulminating adumbrates

Harm intent they hold in hand perfect little bait

My heart cries out for what it knows, my mind is overcome.

Hand reaches high and knows not how, yet sounds upon the drum

Breath does catch as the unknown has now come to unfold

Change is neigh and conscience wry I stand alone and cold

What once was so enveloping has now lost all its pertinence

As shadows slurk and stalk away in irascible discontent

I, paralyzed am struck by Olympian silhouettes

As compelled I am to step forward to possible new threats

What is to be is not yet known, nor can I expect it so

The path is laid before now I just have to go

To take the steps demanded of is only half the battle

Learning from what’s left behind will prove I am no chattel