maybe this isn’t about changing the destination
maybe it’s about buying just a little bit more time
enough to let something become a possibility
that wasn’t even visible before

I didn’t end up here because I thought it would change everything

I ended up here because everything else was collapsing
and this was the only path that felt like
there was still something to hold on to
without demanding I sell my soul

maybe the destination still feels the same
still the darkness, still inevitable
but the road is not
I kept trying even if no one else saw
even while doubting everything

if it really does end in the same place
then at least I would have gone down
fighting like hell with everything I am