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Diabolic Obstruction

Diabolic obstruction

is the

Dark art

of the

Closed door

Disguised as an open one.


It does not destroy the path

But complicates it.

Placing delay

Where there should be motion,

Doubt

Where there should be resolve.


There are hundreds of

'Reasonable' hesitations

'Good' intentions

'Better' suggestions

'Practical' ideas and

'Real' love.


Its genius is patience.

It rarely forbids outright.

It merely postpones ...

Qualifies ...

Entangles ...

Obfuscates.


It knows that a will deferred often enough

Will quietly forget what it once wanted.

Every obstacle wears the face of prudence:

'Not now'

'Not yet'

'Not like this.'


And so, the obstruction need never win a battle

Only prevent one from beginning.

What it obstructs is not action alone

But conviction itself

Until the unstarted journey

Comes to feel like a choice freely made.


Run from the darkness before it's too late.



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