Maze

by Tom Marshall

The overhead view is of me in a maze
And you see what I'm hunting a few steps away
I take a wrong turn, and I'm on the wrong path
And the people all watching enjoy a good laugh
Embarrassed with failure, I try to reverse
The course that my tread had already traversed

In so doing, the trauma engulfing my dream
Invaded through what was an unguarded seam
The torrent of helplessness swept me away
To the cavern of shame and the hall of dismay
Inside me a voice was repeating the phrase
'You've lost it, you'll never get out of this maze'