paralysis

Paralyzed
                by choice


even thoughts slow

in coming


Hands unsure of themselves

touch each other

                           seeking

                                         a way to grow

                       steady in their countenance


inhaled breath held
until it could no longer be so

in
     and
out


why the wait

why

the prolonged agony

of indecision

                     squeezing

like hands

exerting all their force