no isolated incident

you know sometimes i wish i was a kid again. to trust when someone says, "the fire burns" and not be the person who has to check and see.

i wish i was a kid again, operating on a specific level of innocence...

i wish i had the mental purity in a sense that a kid has before he comes too close to the inner workings of the world around us.

its hard to pull yourself out of your surroundings when you have allowed yourself to get so caught up in such menial and trivial things the world entertains us with.

its hard to see that moral highground. or maybe its painfully obvious.

its hard to even desire it.

but in a chance encounter with the mirror you see the truth of your soul is farther from who you thought you were inside. and maybe its because you just walked, and neglected to pay attention to the pathways.

if my actions define my character and show my true intentions. Then who i am, is who i hoped to never be.

but still, i am a work in progress. so i walk in hope. pursuing purpose.