Allegory of the Self

Another day
Another dawn
Another cause
Lost
In the thought of the cost
Hesitation based
On mistakes that were made
During days

That do not pertain
To the present
Yet here I sit
So limited
By the idea
That I could make them again
If only I could shelf
This insecurity of self
And find the hidden wealth
Of my efforts
I need to stop stammering
Through the silence
There's no chance of igniting this
Without a spark
Without a start
Without the art
Of it all
Better to fall
With my feet facing forward towards
The notion of something more
Than to retreat into the known
Content to be alone
With what the shadows show
Ignoring the potential of my soul
- That light, seeping in,
Past the scope of my willful ignorance.