Ambition

The gates stand open
you can walk in;
about returning though,
no guarantees
are given.
You start walking
thinking you want to
get there soon,
get there at any cost
you walk fast, faster
and trot some too
and then you see
that you are sure no longer -
is this where you wanted to go?
You haven’t got there yet,
but the pathway scares you,
and so do your co-passengers
why do all of them
resemble scavengers?
Now you are sure,
‘This is not what I wanted!’
But you are tired
you are more than
half way across
and the scavengers
are waiting for you
to slow down
or change course.
And so you walk on
to where you are so
sure, you no longer
want to go…