Travail

And there's the turn just up ahead.
A checkpoint of suspicious eyes and hidden agendas.
Like a classic suspense, just before the border crossing, someone went hysterical and had to be dumped by the roadside. Now it's asking someone else to climb in with implicit trust. A tall order.
There's 6 months of rough road and bandits in the woods, but as long as we trust each other, we can win.

And all the while, there's work to be done..

It would be nce to set down some of these spinning plates.
Trying to re-engineer order out of something so damaged while a neanderthal beats on the walls is unbelievably discouraging.
Having to continue denying something I know to be true in order to get a narrow mind to turn away is draining. I walk a fine line daily.
I care too much, but that can't be changed.

Like a bubble burst

And just like that, I now have nothing to believe in.

Barbed

It would be nice some time to be handed a rose without being stuck by the thorns.

Within the web

So often lies are an act of complicity.
We pretend to believe, rather than face bleak reality.

Change brings opportunity

Next week the page turns again.
It's been quite a while following the same worn path.
There is the unknown, but certainly no regrets when the change is due.