Worse or Better

She was gone with the wind
Running and breathless,
No time to think or pause to smell the roses.
Life can be like that
You think you have control
Suddenly, the escape door screeches and closes.

Dark magic on the loose,
A day turned tense,
And nothing has the glow it had yesterday
The sky might have warned
But most often it won’t
And now…now you have no time for play

A battle of the senses,
Not one thing tangible
You have to close your eyes, and depend on the wisdom of your soul
Does faith or fate win
The heart war seems grim
However, there be tricks and tools you have from an ancient scroll

Those writings were faint,
And spiritually quaint,
No one pays attention to those things any more.
Do you choose the wisdom
Or your physical power
As one by one those paths blink shut, door by darkened door.

Burning the future
To take care of the present
Hit with events, and unexpected force.
You’re a fighter, you’re a winner,
Not much takes you down
But you’ve tempted fate and fate has changed your course.

Sometimes in fear
Sometimes in joy
You look and feel your way hoping you’re allowed a voice
What is the end?
A beginning of something else,
Worse or better, no one tells the future yet mandates a choice