Stuck (Poem)

You wake up in the morning
You look out of your window
You think about your day ahead
But don't know what to hope for

You start to go through the motions
But your mind and body feel out of sync
You reach for emotions in your heart
But you come up empty-handed

You can't find pain or sadness
Mostly a void, maybe some despair
You try to search for a reason
But it only slips away further

Life seems to be an endless loop
Like a TV commercial playing on repeat
Like walking on a treadmill
Like a maze that doesn't seem to end

It feels like living in a monochrome
Like hearing sounds that are muffled
Like a bad aftertaste in your mouth
That just refuses to go away

But every now and then
A tiny crack of light appears
An unexpected shower of rain
Greets the dry parched earth

You find these little sparks of joy
You remember all your blessings
And while you know you are stuck
You keep on moving anyway...