Mayhem

Do you ever take a step back and look at what you've been doing for the past year?
Not just a quick step back and then back forward.
A real step.
One where you stay there until your eyes adjust to the mayhem you've been living in.
The kind where it makes you literally say, "What the hell is this?"
Your life was planned out.
Everything seemed so perfect.
Nothing could get in your way... right?
It's like looking at a picture that's been hanging up in your house for years.
But if someone were to ask you what it was, you'd have no response.
And this time, you're determined.
To figure it out.
To know every single aspect you're missing.
It's like looking at that picture.
And noticing a black figure missing from the piece.
And it's you.
Where are you?
What is all this chaos surrounding you?
You thought you knew this picture so well.
So, is it time?
Where is this pit of despair coming from?
This picture.
Is not your life.
It's as if your life is surrounding it.
But you're not there.
Your happiness is missing.
Did you ever take a step back?
To think, to realize.
Your life was 'planned' out.
But who exactly was it that planned it out for you?
So, is it time?
One more step back.
And another.
Turn around.
And take a step forward.
The picture fades.
Surely.
Slowly.
There are steps.
Bumps.
Darkness.
But there's light at the end.
One more step.
And another.
Another..
Your life is calling you.
My life is calling.
I'm ready.