(from In the Shadow of my Pen: A Collection of Poetry and Prose)
October 2022

If I step into the vortex where will it lead?
Will it take me closer to my dreams?
Or will I be dragged back in time and find myself?
The version of me that no longer exists.
I have stood on the edge of this whirlpool for so long that now I am stuck.
Too afraid to move forward, and not wishing to go back, now wandering without a compass or map to guide me.
So I realise that stepping into the vortex is the only way to find what I seek, my source and the reason why I am here on this earth.
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