Broken Glass Poem by Tina MacAdam

It is hard to carry on
When every step hurts
More than the last
When the pain in unbearable
When your will to go on
Is diminishing with every step
It is like walking along
On a million shards
Of broken glass
Along the way
You are not sure
How much more you can take
When every step feels like
it could be your last
You have dragged yourself along
Through all the pain and tumoil
Only to look ahead
And never see an end
There is nothing there
But the reflection
Of a million more
Broken pieces of glass
To stumble though