Life as it happens.....

This picture was sent to me by a friend, from Flickr.... It made me feel gloomy and hopeful at the same time - oxy"moronic" emotions that define me...I started writing something on it - turned out to be decent poetry, with a dash of cynincal hopelessness - but I guess its true that we do lose most of our present in analysing the future. Read on....and let me know what you think.

LIFE AS IT HAPPENS........
Feeling lost..
Either way out looks gloomy,
But I am not left with other options...

Should I stay in and not move on...
Or should I move on and not look back...
I know the hues in here are despairing
But here's where I belong!!
The road at the end of moving on beckons with light and laughter,
As does the fire to the fly with love and then slaughter....
Should I stay in and not move on...
Or should I move on and not look back...

I kept looking and thinking
Undecided on deciding...
Staring into blank space and misting my eyes
Oblivious and deaf to the sounds of the present,
Left speechless by the enormity of possibilities
Yet too numbed to move for the fear of obstacles..

Feeling Lost...
I lost my present, to the future,
The future that happened
when I was still looking and thinking...
Now that the future has happened,
I am still lost - albeit in a new place,
Still wondering,
Should I stay in and not move on...
Or should I move on and not look back...