We walk
We move forward
Dragging the broken wings of our dreams out behind us
Weighed down by the things that were supposed to lift us up

And we walk
We move forward
Swallowing the bitter tears of lost promise
Our aching bones weakened by the poison of rotting hope

Yet we walk
We move forward
Murdering the vision of our other selves
The ghosts of who we might have been

Still we walk
We move forward
Because to stop is to surrender
To admit life was right to hurt us
That we deserved what we got

So

Defiantly

We walk.

(101 words)