One foot planted 
in life giving river 
another in a draining sewer,
some moments swept 
in plunging ecstasy 
through sparkling water 
Others feeling 
the endless sucking spiral
of cloying mud depths.

As you walk 
wet footprints shine 
one side clean, refreshing imprints 
others fetid smells, slime steps.

and you wander 
somehow blind
to the trail
of hope holding hands
with faltering life, 
staggering through doors 
crowds 
friends 
god...

Starting Thoughts: So easy to be double-minded, a hypocrite, and sometimes we don't even see the impact, the trail of what we have left in the world.
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