the sludgy mess at the bottom of your hot cocoa

You know when you make a hot cocoa

We call it hot chocolate

If you don't mix it properly

(And sometimes even when you do)

Sludgy mess collects

At the bottom of the mug

Sludgy cocoa, sugary and milky mess

That's how it feels sometimes

Life

That's how life feels sometimes

Roaming through life

is like

Roaming through that sludgy mess

That sits at the bottom of the cup

Sludgy cocoa mess

Without the sugary hit

You want to leap forward

But

the sludgy coagulated mess

Keeps pulling you down

So you take one big step

Slowly

and then another

Just as when you stir

The sludgy mess

At the bottom of your hot cocoa

We call it hot chocolate

The more you keep moving

The easier it gets

So just keep moving

Work through obstacles

Through the sludgy cocoa

The sludgy, sugary cocoa

without the sugary hit

Things will start to come together

Things will get smoother

Things will get sweeter

They may not always stay smooth

or sweet

And may still, at times

be like

that sludgy mess at the bottom of your hot cocoa

but don't give up

And embrace

The sweeter, smoother moments

When they come.

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