Since my memories first began to formI have felt a breadth of intricate feelingsLacking the depth of experienceInforming my progression of personhoodA self-fulfilling prophecy of becomingAnd nowOlder, sureWiser, maybeSensibilities still full of grandeurNow littered with a life livedA vast expanse left ahead still to be traversedI try, desperately, failinglyTo claw back the ignorancePush away theContinue reading “up and onwards”