Leap Frog

Gazes out of the pits of conformity
where life is a maze in claustrophobic cubes
with identity is smothered by the bland sameness
of being trapped in oblivion.

But the mind leaps by intuition
out of the slow death in monotony’s crypts,
seeing and believing life is more
than the hollowness felt
by the anonymous fate
spent singing the sad song of oneness.

While some languish and only end up prisoners
others look for ladders and ways of escape,
moving by logic’s pragmatic steps
with one step at a time
even when slipping and failing.

For the sky is endless
and so are dreams,
so the one who never stops trying,
never ceases in the search for solutions
embraces any place that seems a cell
as just another point of departure
unto something truly more empowering
at a higher level of achievement.

Eventually looking back
once that effort has been rewarded
to see many options for improvement
often missed while trying to rise
that those still stuck in their dark crypts
have yet to even notice.