all of a sudden

all of a sudden
there was a simple task at hand
- where? where?

I thought the forest density
would be consumed in this fog.
I thought the trails’ costumes of leaves
would be swept up by the wind.

I liked to move quickly, then,
as I sought out what I thought
needed doing.
I liked to feel breeze
more appropriately on my face
than whizzing ahead of me
from the pace of others.

all of a sudden,
where to became where I was from
when I arrived where
I am now.
the land of splendour,
where no longer this stomach ache
permeates my mind
where no longer frantic doubts
crush opportunities to
excel.

all of a sudden,
I was happy.