We Cannot See

We cannot see the future
nor beyond the curve ahead
trapped in a present cage
battering our wings against our limits
the light does not illuminate
but burns in a destructive glow
as we stumbly blindly
in what we only hope is forward motion
we cannot see
beyond the dreams
that drag us coldly from sleep
into an awakening without breath or air
but still we move
lulled by the illusion of progress – Caroline A. Slee