Keep walking

“Stay calm” I tell myself.
A whisper in my spinning world.
A soft voice when no others are heard.

I feel like an ant standing here.
I feel unimportant.
Like a piece of dust in a room full of magnificent people,
who mask to be greater than great.

The kings and queens rise above me.
My straight face transforms into a frown.
My eyes start to blur with water.
My hope won't stand me any higher.
I keep fighting.

Hope starts to rattle inside of me.
I listen to the queens giggling at me.
I stare at the faces of the kings looking me straight in the eyes.

SO MUCH PRESSURE!

I keep walking.
Not too slow that I get trapped and not too fast that I never learn.
I see the classroom straight ahead.
I see the door rimmed with golden light.

I did it!
No queens,
no kings.
Just me and an empty room of pure silence.

I kept fighting.
And I kept winning…
Each
… Step
       I
       … Walked
               …. Forward.