Out To The Future

-Out To The Future-
by
Keaton Foster



Beyond here
Beyond now
This very moment
Of space and time
Out to the future
I must be willing to go
I cannot hold back
No longer can I
Remain in the past
Never again will I step back
As I bravely move forward
Way beyond what I have become
Increasingly bothered with
I must burn down the past
And by doing so destroy the present
I must lay waste to all that I know
In order to find something new
Something impossible to those
Who know my terrifying truth
Selfish this will all seem
Many will scream for me
To come back
To hold them ever so close
But above all I must let go
I must set them free
Even at the price of their dreams
I must dismantle their bridges
All of their connections to me
So that once I am gone
Once time no longer holds me
I, as well as them
Will be absolutely free
Out to the future
Beyond here
Beyond now
I must go
Without regret
Without concern
I have to step beyond life
Beyond death
Transcend the idea of what “is”
For the uncertainty of what can “be”
I must risk it all
My absolute everything
Only then will I stand tall
Only then will I be free
Of myself and all that my life
Has come to be
Only then will I know
That nothing from my present
Or from my past has control
Out to the future
I must go
Beyond skin and bones
Beyond my very soul
Out into the ether of an existence
That I have never been
Comfortable with…




Out To The Future
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2012.