My yellow brick road

written in the beginning of January

poem type ses·ti·na
a poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi.

My yellow brick road

fear is more than just a word
becomes bigger with each step
just one more and I'll conquer it
take a moment to just breathe
its not about the journey
I want the destination in the end

my first glance in front of it
what was ahead at the very end
each moment a labored breathe
struggling to say one word
forced feet to take one step
can I enjoy the journey

shake out the fear in each step
I calm down with each breathe
keeping the peace in the end
maybe friends help this journey
saying exactly those kind words
to stay on the path of it

inner voices jolt your breathe
coming at you with every word
push and pull along the journey
am I so afraid of seeing it
turn around before the end
worried at each step

I will fix my journey
focused on how to find it
walking faster with each step
rushes to get toward the end
I forget that I breathe
people tell me a kind word

over the hill we end 
can I say I loved the journey
please hear every word
growing in life step by step
discover that something was it
it is important to breathe

this journey always one more step
end with Jesus in every breathe
my life has the "it"