A Hundred Thousand Steps

 And just like that 

It's ten years back 

And the muscles of my heart remember

One step forward, two steps back

The mirrors. The reflections. The cracks

One step forward, two steps back

The eyelids that quiver

The thoughts that shiver

The heart that pounds in your back

It's ten years back


Run away, I hear

Don't face it, you know what's on the other side

It grasps me, the fear

Run away, don't face it. You'll always have to hide

It takes one moment of courage

To change your story

One push of a button

One closed door now open


After a hundred thousand steps

It's ten years back

And I'm walking on the other forked road

The muscles of my heart still remember

The eyelids still quiver 

Two steps forward, one step back

But now I know I have my back.



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