It came out of nowhere,
setting up a border
across my creativity,
hedging my imagination,
and hindering my forward progress.
I back up,
get a running start,
I try again.
BAM!
I ricochet off its invisible surface.
my brain twirls,
uncertain.
It’s as Great and wide
as the one in China.
Runners hit it,
while mid-stride.
A block I can step over.
A wall—impossible.
There’s no going around,
it stretches endlessly in either direction.
I’m terrified of heights.
I swallow, knowing no other way
and go searching for my climbing gear.