Pain is doorway
Disguised as a barbed wire fence
Don’t look
Leap
Loss is an illusion
A mirage
When we walk through it
We find our keys on the other side
The key to the door
The one you looked for your whole life
THAT door
The one that would free you
All those days thinking
“There must be more”
All that wondering
About the magic and the romance
The pulsing, radiating light
That would fade
As soon as you reached out to touch it
When life pulls your dreams from your hands
Whether by gentle tug or violent twist
It’s checking to see
How badly you want them
How many risks will you take?
How many unknown roads explore?
How long will you lean into the pain until maybe, just maybe, you fall through to the other side?
The Eye of the Needle 