One more step… one more word...

end of the road lava flow

At times, the way ahead looks desolate, insurmountable, and foreboding.

We place one foot in front of the other
– or in the case of a writer –
we add one word after another.
We stumble.
We look at the blank page
and the page after that and wonder what words will fill them.
We look back over our shoulder and
wonder if the road ahead is worth the effort.
But we dream,
and the dreams drive us forward.
One more step.
One more word...

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photo by me: 'end of the road' lava flow, CC-BY SA
Volcanoes Nat'l Park, Hawaii
text originally posted Jan. 2013