Instalment One Hundred and Thirty Six

You are born into the tunnel. You hear there’s a light at the end that can be reached if you are brave enough to do what you love. This is what the Stars say. What they don’t know is not every tunnel has a light. Some tunnels have dead ends and others continue deeper into darkness. A crack of light is more often a warning of cave-in than a way out.  The Stars will shout at you, “Keep going and have faith in yourself, I did!” As if that is an answer. They forget that they were frightened once and most of all they have forgotten they were lucky. They say those who live small lives die small deaths. They are wrong. There are no small lives, just big headed Stars looking down on you. Keep digging! They will yell this until you or the tunnel collapse. They will not pick you up or dig you out. The tunnel is where you will live and die, make it your home. Scrap out a space of your own, find someone to dig with. Someone who will dig you out from collapse. You will have found a light greater than the Stars.