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The tunnel of life
Where lives meet tunnels intertwine
Some misunderstand
They try to share their tunnels
I made the mistake
Of also turning off my light
to depend on anothers

I was led deeper
My future distorted
The light I saw it in did not belong to me
An illusion
I thought I was being led higher, to someplace better
But I was led down
Only to be abandoned

His tunnel suddenly seperated from mine
Leading in a different direction
When he left, along with him went my light

I panicked, I screamed
I didn't understand
I tried to follow
But this wasn't the way my tunnel went
My tunnel led this way
My path was now dark
Except for the glow of his light, leaving
I tried again to go after
Then his tunnel closed
Leaving only cold wall between us

The darkness was overwhelming
I curled into a ball
Attempting to block it out
And hold my self together
I wanted the darkness to go away
I thought of nothing but his light
Oblivious to my dead light beside me
It was too dark for me to be found
So I prayed for a the more peaceful darkness of death

A tunnel opened beside me
Mine was filled with bright light
I opened my eyes slowly
It was so bright it was blinding
My tunnel had changed
It was no longer a tunnel
I sat in the middle of a cave
I can't go back
and I can't go forward

My friend, my hero, reached out her hand
She led me down my slowly opening tunnel
with her tunnel side by side with mine
I was taken to the tunnel of lights

Here there were many lights
Mine still lay dead in my hand
They straightened me and made me hold my head high
They taught me how to relight my light
But never did it for me

I looked into the darkness ahead
My light dim and weak
Then I took my first step
Soon I reached a dead end
I heard my name from above
I look up and see light

The biggest climb I've had so far
I can't do it alone
I didn't have to
The ones supporting me helped me along
It would take a long time
the climb in treacherous

Where lives meet tunnels intertwine
Some misunderstand
Tunnels aren't meant to be shared
But they can exist side by side
Tunnels do seperate
But that doesn't mean for good

"Dedicated to the staff, therapists and doctors of DWTC
I will never forget the tunnel of life
Thank you for sharing your light when I didn't have one
Thank you so much for shedding your light in my dark tunnel
Wish me luck on my climb back to the top"

Life is like a tunnel.
Sometimes you need to look ahead,
And keep your eyes on the future.
Sometimes you need to look back,
at where you have already been

But you always need to watch your step.
Don't linger in the past.
Or you will trip over what is happening right now.

You don't realize that the deeper into the tunnel you get,
Less is ahead of you,
And more is behind you.
The deeper you get into the tunnel your light follows
illuminating some of the past,
some of the future,
and the present.
Your past slowly becomes darker
So more is forgotten
Make sure you look back
While there are still things to look back at.

Look to the future
Don't forget the past
But don't linger in it either.

Dedicated to my baby sister and in loving memory of Danny.