Baby steps or a leap of faith

When even baby steps

Feel like a leap of faith

Or trudging through thick mud

I realise that baby steps aren’t going to get me there

It’s times like these it takes a leap of faith

My own image is muddied by

My own insecurities staring back at me

What am I fighting?

Now I see it is clear

Fear surrounds me like a growling wolf

But it’s just my own thoughts

I’m tired of taking baby steps

Getting stuck in the mud

Only to retreat again

What am I so afraid of?

Maybe I’m afraid I won’t know who I am on the other side

I should know by now,

Each time I break through,

The sun shines a little brighter

The fire burns a little stronger,

And I emerge freer

Isn’t taking a leap of faith

Preferable to trudging through the mud?

But when I take a leap of faith

There’s further to fall…

By Poems