Freedom as thought

"To think and to be fully alive are the same."

Hannah Arendt

Pauses
are rare down
the well-beaten path

Details
go unoticed
the sounds
drowned out by
silence
of overfamliarity
the comfort
and safety
of the well-beaten path
though only
imaginary
the illusion works
as it should
shielded
from worry

We feel
no pain
outside that
of our own